 | | MESPA Home > Press Room |  | | MESPA Home > Press Room | | Thank You MESPA Board of Directors
5/8/2008 9:50 AM | | MESPA state officers: l-r, Jon Millerhagen, president-elect; Richard Oscarson, president; P. Fred Storti, executive director; Pat Pribyl, secretary/treasurer; Jean Clark, NAESP state representative; Roger Aronson, legislative and legal counsel; Patrick Murray, immediate past president. |
MESPA held its final board meeting of 2007-2008 school year on Friday, May 1 at the TIES Education Center in St. Paul. The MESPA state offices are located in this building.
MESPA spans the state of Minnesota with 12 regional divisions. Each division holds regular meetings to network and address the needs of its members. And officers from each division meet at four board meetings throughout the year. To review the MESPA Strategic Plan, which guides all association and board activities,  | | Committee Reports: Matt Dorschner (left), chair, Minnesota School of Excellence Committee; Bill Book (right), chair, Retirement Committee. |
please visit the Leaders Center in the Members Only section of this site.
Nearly half board turns over
each year -- with the president from each division retiring, and the
division president-elect moving up to the president position. We bid farewell and thank you to our outgoing members for the experienced leadership
they have lent MESPA (please see their names in the photo below).  | | Outgoing board members: (back l-r) Kathy House, Communications Committee chair; John Garcia, St. Paul president-elect; David Craft, Southeast president; Scott Allen, East Suburban, president; Patrick Murray, immediate MESPA past president; Pat Westby, Western president; (front l-r) Lillie Pang, Minneapolis president; Jim Eaton, St. Paul, president; Bonnie Johnson, Membership Committee chair; Gail Swor, West Suburban president; Jean Weis-Clough, Central president; Deb Shepard, North Suburban president; Russ Lofthus, Southwest president. |
But this isn't
goodbye. We hope to keep working with them all as they continue their
MESPA membership!!
Thank you to our board members, who served in 2007-2008 and will continue their leadership next year:
Statewide officers
President Richard Oscarson
President-elect Jon Millerhagen
Secretary/treasurer Pat Pribyl
NAESP State Representative Jean Clark
Division  | | Executive Director P. Fred Storti |
presidents-elect who are becoming presidents
Kristine Stueve, Central
Garin Bogenholm, East Suburban
Rosalind Robbins, Minneapolis
Cheryl Kortuem, North Suburban
Kraig Konietzko, Northeast
Joleen DeLaHunt, Northern
Steven Geis, South Suburban
Joyce Dammer, Southeast
Todd Holthaus, Southwest
Joan Maland, West Suburban
Kimberly Grengs, Western
Committee  | | Roger expounds in his Legislative Report: l-r, Pat Pribyl, secretary/treasurer; Jean Clark, MESPA NAESP representative; Roger Aronson, MESPA legislative and legal counsel. |
chairs
Mary Hanson, Educational Advisory Committee
Joe Wacker, EPAC (MESPA political action arm)
Joey Page, Legislative Resolutions Committee
& Federal Relations Coordinator
Matt Dorschner, MN School of Excellence Program
Mark French, Negotiations Committee
Bill Book, Retirement Committee
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| Mission: The Minnesota Elementary School Principals' Association is dedicated to promoting and improving education for children and youth, strengthening the role as educational leader for elementary and middle level principals, and collaborating with partners in education to assist in achieving these goals.
Leading schools toward excellence through the MESPA vision to be the premiere resource for preparing today's principals for tomorrow and a strong leading voice for public education.
Minnesota Elementary School Principals' Association
1667 North Snelling Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108
651.999.7310 MN toll free 800.642.6807
Fax: 651.999.7311 E-mail: mespa@mespa.net |
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