Board of Directors
Layne McInelly
IEA President
Mr. McInelly was a sixth-grade teacher at Morley Nelson Elementary, which is a Title 1 school in the Boise School District. McInelly served as the Idaho Education Association’s Vice President for five and a half years. He has served on a variety of committees and boards including the Boise Education Association’s executive board, IEA Executive Committee, IEA Government Relations Committee, IEA Resolutions Chair, and the Chair of the IEA Budget Committee.
McInelly’s passion for education is rooted in his family. His father was in education for 40 years, serving in an administrative capacity for twenty-nine years. Two of his sisters are also Idaho educators, teaching high school English and fifth-grade Social Studies. McInelly is a lifelong Idahoan who graduated from Teton High School in Driggs. He earned his Bachelors degree in Elementary Education from Boise State University and his Master’s of Arts in Education with an emphasis on curriculum and instruction from Lesley University.
McInelly enjoys being a season ticket holder to Broadway in Boise, as well as attending sporting events of his alma mater.
Jon Hawkes
Vice President
Peggy Hoy
NEA Director
Meet the IEA Board of Directors
Kelli Aiken
Region 1
Mark Gorton
Region 1
Cyndi Faircloth
Region 2
Lindsey McKinney
Region 2
Pierrette Madrid
Region 3
Stacy Wescott
Region 3
Marta Hernandez
Region 4
Wendy Smith
Region 4
Kelly Heil
Region 5
Colton Walker
Region 5
Angela Gillman
Region 6
Lisie Smith
Region 6
Amber Armstrong
Region 7
Tabitha Miller
Region 7
Shelia Dengler-Shaw
Region 7
Alicia Purdy
Region 8
Melyssa Ferro
Region 8
Angie Hickman
Region 9
Carmi Scheller
Region 9
Darcie DeLeon
At-Large
LiseAnn Mills
ESP-at-large
Mary Lee Ruch
Retired
Dick Chilcote
Retired
Greg Felton
Resolutions Committee Chairperson