CEA Leadership

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.

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.