Nominations for IEA Statewide Office
Closing of Nominations for IEA Statewide Election Nominations was February 14, 2020
IEA President
Will also serve as Ex-Officio delegate at NEA-RA
Layne McInelly, Interim IEA President
2020 IEA Interim President
2014-2019 IEA Vice President
2010-2014 IEA Board of Directors, Region 7
2010-2019 Local Building Representative
2011-2019 NEA Representative Assembly
2009-2019 IEA Delegate Assembly 2009-2019 delegate
Mandy Simpson, Boise EA
2014-2015 Representative on the IEA Board of Directors, Region 7
2015-2016 Representative on the IEA Board of Directors, Region 7
2015-2017 Boise EA Representative at the NEA Representative Assembly
High School Director on the Boise EA Executive Board
Delegate at Delegate Assembly – 8 years
Trustee and Vice Chair of the Nampa School Board District 131
IEA Vice President
Will also serve as Ex-Officio delegate at NEA-RA
Erin Paradis, Vallivue EA
July 2019 – current Vallivue EA Co-President
June 2017 – current President, Region 8
August 2016 – current IEA Board of Directors
2017 – current Vallivue Target Local Strategic Planning Team
January 2019 – current IEA IPD Committee
2018 – current IEA IGNITE Committee
Joel Williams, Fruitland EA
2012-2018 President, Fruitland Education Association
2016 – current IEA Board of Directors, Region 3
2016 – current IEA Budget Committee
Developed strong relationships with local legislative representatives
Helped organize bowling fundraiser for IEA Children’s Fund
Testified before Joint Education Committees and House Education Committees regarding education policy and legislation
Jon Hawkes, Snake River EA
2016 -current Board of Directors, Region 5
August 2015 – current President, Snake River EA
2019 Delegate to Representative Assembly
Delegate to Delegate Assembly, 7 years
Attendee of the 2015 NEA National Leadership Summit
IEA Representative on the NEA Resolutions Committee
Will also serve as Ex-Officio delegate at NEA-RA
Greg Felton, West Ada EA
Vice-President, West Ada Education Association
Representative on the IEA Board of Directors, Region 9
Representative on the IEA Budget Committee, Region 9
Board of Directors, Center for Teaching and Learning
Personnel Committee, Idaho Education Association
Regional Representative to the NEA Representative Assembly
Pamela Fleischmann, Pocatello EA
2015 – current IEA Resolutions Committee Member
2017 – current IEA Resolutions Committee Member, Chair
2017 – current IEA Board of Directors
2013-2019 Pocatello EA Executive Board
ESP At-Large Member of the IEA Board of Directors
Katherine (Katie) Wiese, Vallivue EA
Vallivue EA Vice President
IEA Resolutions Committee
IEA Region 8 Secretary
Vallivue EA Targeted Local Team
IEA ESP Sparks – Leader/Coordinator
NEA Leaders for Tomorrow graduate 2018
Retired Member on the IEA Board of Directors
Richard (Dick) Chilcote, SWEA-R
1989-1993 IEA President
1988-1989 IEA Vice President
1980-current (exception of 2 years) IEA Board of Directors
Local President, Twin Falls, twice
Region President, Region 4 and 8
IEA Retired council chair, editor, publisher of IEA Retired Newsletter
Nina (Maria) Fasset, Retired
2007-2012 Building Representative, MCEA
2007-2015 Treasurer, MCEA
2013-2018 Co-President
2018-2019 IGNITE Mentor
Successfully planned and organized the bus drivers in Minidoka County to keep them from privitization of transportation
Attended 13 Delegate Assemblies
Aspiring Educator (student) Member on the IEA Board of Directors
Student Chair/Student Representative to the IEA Board of Directors
Alexia Peck, University of Idaho, Moscow
I am a sophomore at the University of Idaho. I am studying secondary education and social studies.
I was the Youth Governor of Idaho for the 2017-2018 year.
I have attended a National Youth Leadership conference in Washington DC 2017. I was the President of my high schools Human Rights /GSA club for 4 years.
I served on my high school student government as the Chief Justice.
I would like to increase aspiring educator participation across the state.
IEA Regional Representative on the IEA Board of Directors:
Region 1
Jake Smulkowski, Post Falls EA
2015-2019 PFEA Vice President
2015-2020 PFEA Lead Negotiator
2018-2020 IEA BOD Regional Representative
I have been a seven-time delegate to IEA Delegate Assembly
I have been a two-time delegate to the NEA Representative Assembly
I sit on the statewide IGNITE committee
Region 2
Lindsey McKinney, Clearwater EA
2015-2017 Local President, Dietrich
2017-2019 Local President, Grandview
2017-2020 Human and Civil Rights Committee, Chair
2017-2020 Presentor at CTL Summer Instiitute
2019 IEA Certified Trainer
Region 3
Pierrette Madrid Harris, New Plymouth EA
2017-current New Plymouth EA President
2018-current Secretary, Region 3
2018-present Human and Civil Rights Committee member
I am the lead negotiator for our association
I was active in the recent School Broad election with other Association members and a community team in getting two of three new, more teacher and student friendly Trustees elected.
I am on the Strategic Planning Committee for our district.
Region 4
Kristie Shobe, Filer EA
2018-2019 Filer EA Co-President
2019-current Filer EA President
2019 IEA Committee on the Future
2018-2019 Delegate Assembly
2018-2019 Filer EA Negotiations
Wendy Smith, Wendell EA
2019-2020 Board of Directors, Region 4
2017-2020 Wendell Education Association President
2008-2010 Vice-President, Region 4
2019 drafted bylaws and constitution for WEA
2018 Summer Institute Targeted Local Training
2018 Delegate Assembly
Region 5
Mary Anne McGrory, Pocatello EA
2016-current President, Pocatello Education Association
2015-current Board of Directors, Region 5
2015-2018 President, Region 5
Member of the Human and Civil Rights Committee
Member of the Professional Development Committee
Trainer for the IEA
Region 6
Elizabeth (Lisie) Smith, Teton EA
3 years – Board of Directors
4 years – TEA President
7 years – TEA Treasurer
8 years – TEA Lead Negotiator
3 years – IEA Budget Committee
2 years – Ignite’s Empower Conference Presenter
Region 7
Erin Stutzman, Boise EA
IEA Board of Directors, Region 7
BEA Executive Board Member
Timberline High Building Representative
IEA Budget Committee
IEA Personel Committee
IEA Committe on the Future
Region 8
David Lyman, Vallivue EA
2017-current IEA BOD, Region 8
2015-2017 Vice President/President, Region 8
2015-2018 Vallivue Vice President, Classified
2012-current VEA Building Rep
2014-2019 IEA ESP Committee Region 8 Representative
IEA Resolutions Committee ESP Representative
Alicia Purdy, Vallivue EA
Building Rep
Targeted Local
Delegate to IEA and RA