Members

Principal Member Union Locals

The National Teacher Union Reform Network members represent a total of 30 AFT and NEA locals:

Principal Caucus

Principal Members are the primary liaisons & spokespersons for each local in matters related to the Teacher Union Reform Network. They are the voting members for National TURN.

Megan Root, President, Syracuse Teachers Association, NY
Tom Alves, Executive Director, San Juan Teachers Association, CA
Karen Aronowitz, President, United Teachers of Dade, FL
Ellen Bernstein, President, Albuquerque Teachers Federation, NM
Suzette Olafson, President, Portland Education Association, ME
Chris Colbath-Hess, President, Cambridge Teachers Association, MA
John Ford, President, Jefferson County Education Association
A.J. Duffy, President, United Teachers Los Angeles
Nina Esposito-Vigitas, Vice-President, Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, PA
Crysta Weitekamp, President, Springfield Education Association, IL
Suzanne Kreps, President, Decatur Education Association, ID
Ken Foster, Exec. Director, Memphis Education Assoc., TN
Salina Joiner, President, Asociacio'n De Maestros Unidos, CA
Suzanne Graff, President, Castaic Teachers Association, CA
Kenneth Haines, President, Prince George County Educators Assoc.. MD
Michael Hairston, President, Fairfax Education Association, VA
Tracey D. Johnson, President, Columbus Education Association, OH
Dennis Kelly, President, San Francisco Unified, CA
Leslie Littman, President,Hart District Teachers Association, CA
Carole Magnuson, President, Newhall Teachers Association, CA
Michael Mulgrew, President, United Federation of Teachers, NY
Mike Noce, President, Mt Diablo Education Association, CA
Lynn Nordgren, President, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, MN
Deborah Rocha, President, Saugus Teachers Association, CA
Doug Prouty, President, Montgomery County Education Association, MD
David Quolke, President, Cleveland Teachers Union President, OH
Denise Rodriguez, St. Paul Federation of Teachers, MN
Henry Roman, President, Denver Classroom Teachers Assoc., CO
David Schutten, President, Organization of DeKalb Educators, GA
Julie Sellers, President, Cincinnati Public Schools, OH
Courtney Smith, President, Douglas County Federation of Teachers, CO
Maribeth Calabro, President, Providence Teachers Union, RI
Richard Stutman, President, Boston Teachers Union,MA
Adam Urbanski, President, Rochester Teachers Association, NY

Associate Members

Associate Members participate with the support of member organizations.

Brian Breslin, Chief Negotiator, Hart District Teachers Association
Joan Brown, First Vice-Pres., Syracuse Teachers Association
Shannan Brown, President, San Juan Teachers Association
Edward Burgess, Executive Board Member, San Juan Teachers Association
Caren Carew, Field Representative, Boston Teachers' Union
Roxie Dotson, DPACE Chair, Decatur Education Association
Michael Foley, Vice-President, Syracuse Teachers' Association
Mary Ann Fredrick, Dir. Prof. Issues, Cleveland Teachers' Union
Aminda Gentile, Vice-President, United Federation of Teachers
Susan Goodwin, RTC Director, Rochester Teachers Association
Leslie Ann Gracey, Prof. Issues Rep., Cincinnati Federation of Teachers
Tommy Green, UniServ Director, Organization of DeKalb Educators
Brionna Harder, Teacher, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
Pam Irvin, Secretary, Albuquerque Teachers Federation
Tom Israel, Exec. Director, Montgomery County Education Association
Susanne Jackson, UniServ Director, Memphis Education Association
Charles Johnson, Secretary Treasurer, Boston Teachers Union
Don Kaler, Treasurer, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
JoAnn Karsh, Executive Director, Fairfax Education Association
Janet Kujat, 2nd Vice-President, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers
Dal Lawrence, Past President, Toledo Federation of Teachers
Artie Leichner, 1st Vice-President, United Teachers of Dade
Melanie Musella, Vice President, Newhall Teachers Association
Sally Oldham, Vice-President, Columbus Education Association
Kendra Phelps, Prof. Issues Rep., Cincinnati Federation of Teachers
Linda Plack, VicePresident, San Francisco Unified
Jennifer Portillo, Vice-President, Denver Classroom Teachers Association
Kenneth Reinshuttle, Executive Dir., Fairfax Education Association
Suellyn Santiago, Teacher, Portland Education Association
Kelly Sholtis, 1st Vice President, Springfield Education Association
Carolyn Sloan, UniServ Director, Springfield Education Association-IEA
Candy Smiley, President, Poway Federation of Teachers
Donna Sorensen, President, Westerly Teachers Association
Blair Todd, Prince George's County Educators Association
Melissa Verdeal, Vice-President, Denver Classroom Teachers Organization~
Karen Wusthoff, Director, Poway Unified
Camille Zombro, President, San Diego Education Association
Tim Ruyle, IEA Region 11 Chair, Springfield (IL) Education Association
Melissa Cropper, President, Ohio Federation of Teachers

Critical Friends

Critical Friends bring diverse perspectives, serve as resource persons, and inform the TURN dialogue.

Cynthia Apalinski, 2012 Washington Teacher Ambassador Fellow, US Department of Education
Linda Darling-Hammond, Professor, Stanford University
David Florio, Division Director, California Education Association
Jim Fraser, Dean of Educ., Northeastern University
Joe Graba, Education Evolving, Hamline University
Richard Ingersoll, Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania
Charles Kerchner, Professor, CGU
Julia Koppich, President, J.E.K. & Associates
Merri Mann, Staff, United Teachers of Dade
Ray Marshall, Prof. Emeritus, LBJ School
Deborah Meier, NYU Scholar, Mission Hill School
Ted Mitchell, President, New Schools
Susan Moore-Johnson, Professor of Ed., Harvard Grad School
Allan Odden, Director, CPRE
Lyda Peters, Grad. Student, Boston College
David Sherman, Assist. to the President, AFT
Mark Simon, Director, Mooney Institute, MITUL
Lily Eskelsen GarcÃa, President, National Education Association
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
Jo Anderson, Co-Executive Director, Consortium for Educational Change