The President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer and NEA Directors are elected by majority vote by delegates at the Delegate Assembly through open nomination and secret ballot. They may serve up to two consecutive terms, each term being three years.
Executive Committee
Amie Baca-Oehlert
President
Kevin Vick
Vice President
Amber Wilson
Secretary-Treasurer
Amber Wilson is a high school English teacher at Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver, CO. Currently, Amber teaches English 2 Honors and AP Literature and Composition. She received her B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Communications from the University of Colorado at Denver and her M.S. in Teaching and Learning from Colorado State University Global Campus. Amber was elected as the CEA Secretary-Treasurer in 2019.
She is a longtime CEA leader having served on the CEA Board from 2007-2013 and again from 2018-2019. In her local of the Denver UniServ Unit, she has served as Secretary and on the DUU and DCTA Boards of Directors. Amber believes that public education is the promise given to all citizens and should be equally accessible to all, no matter their zip code.
Angela Anderson
NEA Director
Ang Anderson is a high school Social Studies teacher at Bear Creek High School in Lakewood, CO, where she currently teaches Economics, AP Macroeconomics, Psychology, and AP Human Geography. She received her B.A. in History Education from the University of West Florida and her M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction from Western Governors University. Ang was elected as NEA Director in 2021 and she also serves as Mountain Region Director and Public Policy and Organizing Chair for the National Council of Urban Education Associations. Ang is currently a CEA Fellows mentor, growing and supporting future leaders of the Colorado Education Association. She also served on the JCEA Board of Directors and CEA Board of Directors from 2016-2021. Ang is passionate about making our schools and communities more just and empowering educators to use their voices.
Ami Prichard
NEA Director
Ami Prichard is a third generation Colorado teacher. Throughout her career, she has taught secondary social studies and English/ Language Arts to 6th through 12th graders and college students, in traditional, alternative, and online settings. For the last 19 years, Ami has taught in Jeffco Public Schools where she grew up, lives, and her three children attend school. Ami has an undergraduate degree with majors in psychology, sociology, English and history and her Masters of Arts in Teaching with emphasis in social studies and language arts, from Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska. Ami’s Association experience includes serving as the past president of Jefferson County Education Association and on the CEA and JCEA boards of directors. She is still the elected Association Representative for her program supporting students who have not been successful in traditional schools, and is a member of the JCEA, CEA and NEA LGBTQ+ caucuses. Professionally, Ami serves on the National Assessment of Educational Progress American History Assessment writing committee and has served on the Colorado State Standards writing committee, the Colorado Geographic Alliance steering committee. Ami is also a Precinct Captain in the Jeffco Democratic Party, and is President-Elect of the Colorado PTA.
Kathy Rendon
Executive Director
Kathy Rendon has worked in the labor movement in Colorado for 18 years. She has spent the past decade at CEA, first as a UniServ Director in Jefferson County and then as the manager of CEA’s Center for Organizing and Deputy Executive Director. Prior to working at CEA Kathy spent 6 years at SEIU Local 105 in Denver where she worked as a Strategic Researcher, Campaign Coordinator and Organizing Director. Her work was primarily focused on growing the union by organizing janitors and other service workers to win card check elections and recognition. She has been the CEA Executive Director since April 2019. Kathy started in movement work as an intern helping to organize immigrant day laborers at el Centro Humanitario. She also supported coalition building with immigrant rights groups in Denver and helped to develop the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition. Kathy was born and raised in Colorado and is a graduate of Jefferson County Public Schools. She earned her B.A. in Political Science at Providence College and also holds Masters Degrees in International Development and Social Work from the University of Denver. Kathy lives in Denver with her husband and 2 children who attend Denver Public Schools.
Board of Directors
CEA’s Board of Directors are elected by majority vote by members of their UniServ or by majority vote by delegates at the Delegate Assembly through open nomination and secret ballot. They may serve up to three consecutive terms, each term being two years.
Yolanda Calderón
Aurora-Littleton
Susan Teumer
Big Thompson
Patty Delgado
Boulder-Westminster
Fran Groff Gonzales
Boulder-Westminster
Chris Peterson
Central Adams
Sharyl Kay Lawson
Central Adams
Kevin Coughlin
Colorado Springs
Tim Brown
Denver
Kathryn Fleegal
Denver
Kathy Gustad
Equity Council At-Large
Veronica Martinez
Education Support Professional At-Large
Jennie Campbell
Front Range
Taya Mastrobuono
Front Range
AJ Smith
Higher Education At-Large
Steven Kelley
JCEA
Taylor Davis
JCEA
VACANT
JESPA
Lisa Sinclair
Northeast
Jerad Sutton
Northern Colorado
Char Armstrong
Pikes Peak
Mike Maes
Pueblo
Beverly Green
Retired At-Large
Phyllis Robinette
Retired At-Large
Darcy DeGuise
San Juan
Sharon Stanford
San Luis
Suzie Mitchell
Service Fee
Cody Jump
Ski Country
Matt Hicks
Two Rivers
John Robinson
Two Rivers
Kari Keller
West Central