Who's Who

DSEA Leadership Team

Your DSEA officers are (from top left, clockwise),

Mike Hoffmann, vice president, a paraprofessional at Wm. Penn H.S. in Colonial
Mary Jo Faust, an elementary teacher at Hartly E.S. in Capital.
Karen Crouse (seated, right), a financial secretary at Lake Forest H.S., and
Frederika Jenner, president, on leave from her position as a science teacher at H.B. du Pont Middle School in Red Clay.

Join the DSEA Executive Board
A vacancy currently exists on the DSEA Executive Board for a Sussex County Board member.  The term for the vacant Board seat will expire on August 31, 2012. 

The deadline for submitting letters of interest was January 4, 2012. The Board will vote on their decision at their January 24, 2012 meeting.  The person elected to join the Board will begin their term with the February 16, 2012 Executive Board Meeting.

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Frederika Jenner, president (term expires August 31, 2014)
Red Clay Education Association
136 E. Water St.
Dover, DE 19901
(W)302-734-5834 or toll-free at 1-866-734-5834
FAX: 302-674-8499

Karen Crouse, treasurer (term expires 2012)
Lake Forest Education Association, Lake Forest High School
(W) 302-284-9291 (H) 302-398-8846

DSEA Executive Board

Kent County

New Castle County

Sussex County

DSEA Retired

DSEA Staff

Headquarters Office
136 E. Water Street
Dover, DE 19901
1.866.734.5834 or 302.734.5834
fax: 302.674.8499

Howard Weinberg, executive director
Jeff Taschner, general counsel
Tammy Wagner, executive assistant to executive director and general counsel
Sandy Dearman, executive assistant to the president

Judy Anderson, CPA, business manager
Judy Bickling, business and membership program assistant
Peggy Ramsey, business and membership program assistant

Debbie Stevens, director of Instructional Advocacy
Tim Barchak, director of Legislation and Political Organizing
Gerri Coble, program assistant for Government Relations, Research, Political Organizing and Instructional Advocacy

Pam Nichols, director of Communications
Susan Keller, program assistant for Communications

Val Hoffmann, UniServ director for Appoquinimink EA, Appoquinimink FS, Appoquinimink Paras, Caesar Rodney E.A. and Polytech.

Wendy Kupcha, UniServ director for Indian River E.A. (unified teachers/specialists, secretaries, paras, custodians), Milford E.A. (unified teachers/specialists and paraprofessionals), Sussex Vo-Tech. E.A., Woodbridge EA

Toby Paone, UniServ director for Capital EA, Capital Paras, Capital Cust, Capital Secys, Lake Forest (unified teachers, paras, secretaries, custodians, food service), Smyrna (unified teachers, paras, custodians, secretaries), Public Health Nurses Council

Joe Kirk, UniServ director for Cape Henlopen, Cape Support Staff, Delmar E.A., Laurel E.A. (unified teachers, paras, custodians and secretaries), Seaford E.A., Seaford Custodians and Seaford Support Staff

Debbie Weaver, program assistant for DSEA/NEA-Retired, organizational development specialist and UniServ

Betty Cash, program assistant to UniServ directors and receptionist extraordinaire

New Castle County Office
4135 Ogletown-Stanton Road
Suite 101 Newark, DE 19713
Tel: 302.366-8440
FAX: 302-366-0287

Jocelynne Jones, Uniserv director for Brandywine E.A., Brandywine Food Service, Colonial E.A., Colonial Food Service, Colonial Paras and Colonial Transportation
Bob Brown, UniServ director for Christina E.A., Christina Paras, Christina Secretaries and Christina Food Service, Special Schools (teachers in the state's Kids Dept.)
Laura Rowe, UniServ director for Red Clay E.A., Red Clay Paras, Red Clay Food Service and New Castle County Vo-Tech E.A. (teachers, specialists and paras)
Carol Zeisler, program assistant to New Castle County UniServ directors
Yvonne Williams, program assistant to New Castle County UniServ directors

Local Association Leadership Teams