Two new members of the Idaho Education Association Board of Directors will assume their seats on Aug. 1 after the IEA’s 2024 election cycle earlier this month. Additionally, two current IEA board members were re-elected to their positions on the union’s governing body.
All candidates for IEA board seats were unopposed in the online election, which was held May 1-9. Each will serve a term of three years.
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Cyndi Faircloth
Cyndi Faircloth, co-president of the Moscow Education Association, was elected to her first term on the board as one of two representatives for IEA’s Region 2 in the Lewiston-Moscow area of North Idaho. Faircloth has been MEA co-president since 2022 and has been on the local’s bargaining team since 2017. She’s been a delegate to IEA’s annual Delegate Assembly six times, is a trainer for the IEA-affiliated Center for Teaching and Learning and has served on the state’s Teacher of the Year committee several times. She succeeds Deanna Didier of the Lewiston Education Association.
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Marta Hernandez
Marta Hernandez was elected to represent IEA’s Region 4 in the Magic Valley area of Southern Idaho. A longtime co-president of the Cassia County Education Association, Hernandez will also be serving her first term on the board. She is a Region 4 representative on IEA’s Human and Civil Rights Committee and a member of the union’s Women and Minorities Caucus. Hernandez also serves on CCEA’s bargaining team, is a facilitator for IEA’s Leaders for Just Schools initiative and is a regular delegate to IEA’s Delegate Assembly. She succeeds Catherine (Kat) Thorp of the Blaine County Education Association.
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Angela Gillman
Angela Gillman, a member of the Idaho Falls Education Association, was re-elected to her seat on the board as a representative from IEA’s Region 6 in Eastern Idaho. Gillman is a member of Region 6’s board of directors and has twice served as IFEA’s president (2013-16 and 2019-20). She has also served on her local’s negotiations team, was a union building representative and served on IEA’s elections committee.
Angie Hickman
Angie Hickman, a West Ada Education Association member, was re-elected to the board as a representative from IEA’s Region 9 in Southwestern Idaho. Hickman is a member of Region 9’s board, a member of the WAEA executive committee and serves as the local’s secretary. She served as chair of IEA’s elections committee, has been union building representative and has been a delegate to IEA’s Delegate Assembly 18 times.