News Release

National Education Association Elects Executive Committee Members

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Delegates to the National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly (RA) have elected three members to the NEA Executive Committee. Michael Marks, a high school dramatic arts and debate teacher from Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Rebecca “Becky” Pringle, a physical science teacher from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and the newest member Mark Cebulski, a social studies teacher from Cedarburg, Wisconsin.  They were elected to the Association’s nine-member governing body during the RA, which is attended by more than 9,000 NEA members.

Marks is a 24-year teaching veteran who previously served as president of the Mississippi Association of Educators (MAE), chair of the Mississippi affiliate’s student program and on the MAE board of directors.  He is a former Mississippi Teacher of the Year who has received national honors including the Outstanding Teacher of the Performing Arts Award and the Milken National Educator Award.

Pringle, a teacher with nearly 30 years classroom experience, has held Association positions at the national, state and local levels, including serving on the board of directors of the NEA and the Pennsylvania State Education Association.  She serves on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and chairs the NEA ESEA Advisory Committee and the NEA Reading Task Force.

Marks and Pringle were each re-elected to three-year terms.

Cebulski, a social studies teacher at Cedarburg High School for 30 years, has served as president and vice president of the Cedarburg Education Association.  On the state level, Cebulski has been a member of the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) Board of Directors and of the WEAC Political Action Committee. He has been a member of the NEA Board of Directors since 1999.

Cebulski was elected to fill a two-year term on the Executive Committee after being appointed to a one-year term in August 2003.

The three executive committee members will assume their leadership positions in September.  

July 5, 2004

For more information:
NEA Public Relations, 202 822-7200

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The National Education Association is the nation’s largest professional employee organization, representing 2.7 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators, and students preparing to become teachers.