MEA Leaders and Contact Information

MEA Officers, Board of Directors, Negotiators and Staff for 2026-27

  • President & Negotiator: Stacy Kester-Pearson, (402) 731-0800, stacy.kesterpearson@nsea.org

  • Vice President & Negotiator: Grant Christiansen, gtchristiansen@mpsomaha.org

  • Secretary: Chris Janovec - Poehlman, cajanovec@mpsomaha.org

  • Treasurer: Kristine Fleming, kmfleming@mpsomaha.org

  • At Large Director: Christine Kaldahl, ckaldahl@mpsomaha.org 

  • Elementary Director & NSEA Member Organizer: Jennifer Crum, jmcrum@mpsomaha.org

  • Elementary Director & Educator Nurses Negotiations Language Specialist: Emily Mildenberger, eamildenberger@mpsomaha.org

  • Elementary Director: Marsha Edquist, maedquist@mpsomaha.org

  • Middle Level Director: Zac Ward, zward@mpsomaha.org

  • Middle Level Director: Rebecca Begley, rjbegley@mpsomaha.org

  • High School Director & NSEA Issue Organizer: Stacy Johnson, sjjohnson@mpsomaha.org

  • High School Director & NSEA Member Organizer: Bryant Bull, bcbull@mpsomaha.org

  • Paraprofessional Director & Paraprofessional Negotiations Language Specialist: Mary Reynolds-East, mreast@mpsomaha.org

  • MEA Retired Liaison to the Board: Diana Weis

  • Ex-Officio Board Member and NSEA Member Organizer: Tonya Falkner, tsfalkner@mpsomaha.org

  • Ex-Officio Board Member and MEA Member Organizer: Amanda Gehrke, ajgehrke@mpsomaha.org

  • NSEA Organizational Specialist: Andy Isaacson, (402) 731-0800, andy.isaacson@nsea.org

  • MEA/NSEA Staff Associate: Angie Tasich, (402) 731-0800, angie.tasich@nsea.org

  • MEA Chief Negotiator: Matt Heys, mheys@mpsomaha.org

  • MEA Negotiations Statistician: Tyler Berzina, jtberzin@mpsomaha.org

 


 

 

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