Board of Directors

Please Note: The emails listed on this page are provided for MMEA members to contact leadership with questions. Email addresses are not to be used for solicitation purposes for any product or service. If there are questions, contact the Executive Director, Mary Schaefle, at schaefle@mmea.org.

Following is a list of the leadership of MMEA. Contact us with questions or concerns.

PRESIDENT
Patrick Geiger
Coon Rapids High School
(763) 506-7193
rick.geiger@anoka.k12.mn.us

PAST PRESIDENT
Cynthia Shirk
Dakota Meadows Junior High, Mankato
(507) 387-5077
cshirk1@isd77.k12.mn.us

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Amy Roisum Foley
Minnesota State University, Mankato
(507) 389-2795
amy.roisum-foley@mnsu.edu

EDITOR
Elizabeth Jackson Kirchhoff
Eden Prairie High School
(952) 975-8090
ejackson@edenpr.org

CLASSROOM VICE PRESIDENT
Erin Berg
Rice Lake Elementary
(763) 792-5779
eberg@isd12.org

BAND VICE PRESIDENT
Scott Campbell
Sauk Rapids-Rice High School
(320) 258-1772
scott.campbell@isd47.org

CHORAL VICE PRESIDENT
Daniel Hampton
Montevideo High School
(320) 269-6446 (x1131)
dhampton@monte.k12.mn.us

ORCHESTRA VICE PRESIDENT
Mary Gagnon
Park Center High School
(763) 569-7635
gagnonm@district279.org

MSHSL REPRESENTATIVE
Lane Powell
Fillmore Central High School
lane.powell@isd2198.k12.mn.us
(507) 886-6464 x331

REGION REPRESENTATIVE I-II AA
Kristin Hummel
Bridgewater Elementary (Northfield)
(507) 664-3300
kristin.hummel@nfld.k12.mn.us

REGION REPRESENTATIVE III-IV AA
Dan Fretland
Bloomington Jefferson High School
(952) 806-7760
dfretlan@bloomington.k12.mn.us

REGION REPRESENTATIVE V-VI AA
John Myszkowski
St. Louis Park Junior & Senior High Schools
(952) 928-6276
myszkowski.john@slpschools.org

REGION REPRESENTATIVE VII-VIII AA
Jim Iverson
Fergus Falls High School
(218) 998-0544
jiverson@fergusfalls.k12.mn.us

REGION REPRESENTATIVE I-IIA
Josh Hogberg
Kingsland Public Schools
(507) 346-7276
hogberg.josh@kingsland.k12.mn.us

REGION REPRESENTATIVE III-IV A
Robert Van Maasdam
Red Rock Central
(507) 752-7361
vanmaasr@rrcnet.org

REGION REPRESENTATIVE V-VI A
Steven Hoemberg
Staples-Motley Public Schools
(218) 894-5411
shoemberg@isd2170.k12.mn.us

REGION REPRESENTATIVE VII-VIII A
Chris Halvorson
Aitkin High School
(218) 927-2115
chalvors@aitkin.k12.mn.us

RESEARCH CHAIR
Keitha Hamann
University of Minnesota - Minneapolis
(612) 624-9819
haman011@umn.edu

MIDDLE-LEVEL CHAIR
Jennifer Ulven
Monticello Middle School
(763) 271-0545
jennifer.ulven@monticello.k12.mn.us

COLLEGIATE CHAPTERS CHAIR
Janet Heukeshoven
St. Mary's University (Winona)
(507) 457-1675
jheukesh@smumn.edu

JAZZ EDUCATION CHAIR
Conrad Miska
Eagan High School
(651) 683-6947
conrad.miska@district196.org

ADVOCACY CHAIR
Bob Ouren
Edina Public Schools
(952) 848-4922
robouren@edina.k12.mn.us

EARLY CHILDHOOD CHAIR
Allison Cramer
Studio Teacher & Early Childhood Practitioner
(612) 722-1363
allison@cramer-music.com

SOCIOECONOMIC & CULTURAL ISSUES CHAIR
Michael Scott
Bloomington Kennedy High School
(952) 681-5000
mscott@bloomington.k12.mn.us

ARTS EDUCATION SPECIALIST
Nyssa Brown
Perpich Center for Arts Education
(763) 591-4726
nyssa.brown@pcae.k12.mn.us

RETIRED MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
Sandra Munson
rsmunson@embarqmail.com

ELEMENTARY CHAIR
Jaime Verkuilen
St. Stephen's School
jverkuilen@ststephenchurch.org
(763) 421-3236

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mary Schaefle
MMEA Office
6860 Shingle Creek Parkway, Suite 103
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
(763) 566-1460
(763) 566-1578 fax
schaefle@mmea.org

Want to know more about the MMEA board? See our job descriptions. Information about MMEA's Regional Structure available here.

MMEA Board policies, bylaws for MMEA, audit files and more are available on the Mission & Vision page.