Elected Leaders

SPFE’s Executive Board and officers are responsible for directing the affairs and setting the strategic direction of our union. The President of SPFE acts as the organization’s chief executive officer and presides over the Executive Board. Assisting the President are other union officers: Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and the Director of Non-Licensed Staff, representing Educational Assistants and School and Community Service Professionals.

The Executive Board is comprised of 18 elected members and up to three members appointed by the President. Terms for officers and the Executive Board last two years and are staggered.

To get in touch with the Executive Board, email executiveboard@spfe28.org.

Leah VanDassor

SPFE President

EMAIL

Shantella Barnes

Vice President

Journeys

EMAIL

Edmund Johnson

Treasurer

Central High School

EMAIL

Jenny Konkel

Secretary

Focus Beyond

EMAIL

Sylvia Perez

ESP Director

Washington Technology Secondary

EMAIL

Peggy Cobbins

Focus Beyond

Brian Hodge-Rice

Adams Spanish Immersion

Michael Houston

Harding Senior High

Carrie Kyung

Hazel Park Prep Academy

Tracie Lowe-Krause

Farnsworth Aerospace Lower

Tom Lucy

OSS Coaches

Chance Lunning

Highland Park Senior

Shanaz Padamsee

Online School

Jonathan Ponce

Frost Lake Elementary

Erica Schatzlein

Nokomis Montessori North

Erin Thune

Bridge View

See Pha Vang

Office of Teaching and Learning

Jay Wahi

Central

Quentin Wathum-Ocama

Como Service Center