Follow The Money
Many people wonder about -- or are unaware of -- the extent to which the MEA is involved in local districts. While we are believers in the theory that support contributions from a PAC come after beliefs are aired through a candidate interview process or votes are made, it is important to point out which board members in Michigan share the MEA's philosophy of expending tax dollars in school districts. And, clearly, the intent of investing in candidates is to put union-friendly people on school boards and maintain that sympathetic ear when the tough votes are being weighed.
Below is our running list of board members by district, their position on the board, and the amount they have received. We also have a list of the penalties the MEA PACs have incurred due to negligent staff and missed reporting deadlines.
This list may not be complete due to the extent to which the MEA attempts to confuse people with their 20 individually-registered Political Action Committees. The information is gathered from reports since January 2003.
|
School District |
Name |
Position on Board |
Term Ends |
Amount |
|
Adrian |
Cullin Brown |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$250.00 |
|
Adrian |
LauraBearden |
Secretary |
June 2010 |
$250.00 |
|
Alpena |
Michael Barnett |
Treasurer |
November 2008 |
$100.00 |
|
Alpena |
David Ness |
Trustee |
December 2007 |
$250.00 |
|
Anchor Bay |
Heather Bade |
Trustee |
June 2011 |
$250.00 |
|
Anchor Bay |
Charles Medley |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$200.00 |
|
Ann Arbor |
Helen Gates-Bryant |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$1,500.00 |
|
Ann Arbor |
Karen Cross |
President |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Ann Arbor |
Glenn Nelson |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Bay City |
Pauline Helmling |
Treasurer |
June 2008 |
$500.00 |
|
Bay City |
Patrick O'Shea |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Bay City |
Ben Gibson |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Bay City |
Kenneth Malkin |
Vice President |
June 2011 |
$500.00 |
|
Bay City |
Marie McFarland |
President |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Bedford |
Dale Barton |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$400.00 |
|
Bellaire |
Carl Stahl |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$200.00 |
|
Bellaire |
Scott Steiner |
President |
June 2009 |
$200.00 |
|
Benzie |
Katherine Ross |
Trustee |
December 2009 |
$300.00 |
|
Bridgeport |
RaeAnn Cronk |
Secretary |
June 2008 |
$200.00 |
|
Bridgeport |
Martha Sageman |
Treasurer |
June 2008 |
$200.00 |
|
Bridgeport Spaulding |
Dick Pope |
Trustee |
June 2011 |
$200.00 |
|
Bridgeport Spaulding |
Marvin Morris |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$200.00 |
|
Bridgeport Spaulding |
Michelle Ziemer |
President |
June 2009 |
$200.00 |
|
Bullock Creek |
Allen Richard |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$224.55 |
|
Camden Frontier |
David LoPresto |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$200.00 |
|
Center Line |
Shannon Boccomino |
Trustee |
June 2013 |
$600.00 |
|
Center Line |
Chris Doebler |
Treasurer |
June 2010 |
$300.00 |
|
Center Line |
Debra Ogden |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$300.00 |
|
Center Line |
Robert Tusset |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$300.00 |
|
Chippewa Valley |
Denise Aquino |
President |
June 2011 |
$500.00 |
|
Chippewa Valley |
Frank Bednard |
Secretary |
June 2009 |
$1,000.00 |
|
Chippewa Valley |
Henry Chiodini |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Chippewa Valley |
Kenneth Pearl |
Treasurer |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Chippewa Valley |
George Sabah |
Trustee |
June 2011 |
$500.00 |
|
Clare |
Karen Keesecker |
Trustee |
June 2011 |
$400.00 |
|
Clare |
Richard Shively |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$299.50 |
|
Clio |
Pam Sprague |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$464.00 |
|
Clio |
Robert Stuart |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$318.00 |
|
Constantine |
Charles Colley |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Corunna |
Maureen Stanley |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$300.00 |
|
Corunna |
Brenda Walworth |
Secretary |
June 2010 |
$27.18 |
|
Eaton Rapids |
Debbie Brinson |
Secretary |
December 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Fenton |
Richard Des Jardins |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$260.00 |
|
Gibraltar |
Jennifer Coleman-Hesson |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Gibraltar |
Linda Cox-Szakaly |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Gibraltar |
Tim Dean |
Vice President |
June 2008 |
$325.00 |
|
Gibraltar |
Laura Elton |
President |
June 2008 |
$325.00 |
|
Gibraltar |
James Crapko |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Grand Ledge |
Lewis Gentry |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$1,000.00 |
|
Grand Rapids |
Lisa Hinkel |
Vice President |
June 2011 |
$250.00 |
|
Grand Rapids |
Kenneth Hoskins |
President |
June 2008 |
$250.00 |
|
Grand Rapids |
Luis Pena |
Secretary |
June 2008 |
$250.00 |
|
Grand Rapids |
Amy McGlynn |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$200.00 |
|
Grand Rapids |
James Rinck |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$250.00 |
|
Grand Rapids |
Arneada Smith-Alexander |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$250.00 |
|
Harbor Springs |
Timothy Davis |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$100.00 |
|
Harbor Springs |
Rob Fuhrman |
President |
June 2010 |
$99.99 |
|
Hartland |
Cindy Sinelli |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Holton |
Brian Byrnes |
Trustee |
June 2011 |
$500.00 |
|
Houghton Lake |
Dave Harned |
Vice President |
June 2008 |
$500.00 |
|
Ironwood |
Ernest Mattson |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$250.00 |
|
Jefferson |
Richard Kull |
Secretary |
June 2010 |
$200.00 |
|
Kalamazoo |
Patti Sholler-Barber |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$250.00 |
|
Kenowa Hills |
Frank Hammond |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Kentwood |
Steve Dabrowski |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$250.00 |
|
Kentwood |
David Schultz |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$250.00 |
|
Lakeview |
Dan Dombrowski |
President |
June 2008 |
$65.49 |
|
Lakeview |
Timothy Houlihan |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$400.00 |
|
Lakeview |
Michael McCain |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Lakeview |
Anne McDaid |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Lakeview |
Michael Wenner |
Treasurer |
June 2011 |
$300.00 |
|
Lakeview |
Donald Wheaton |
Vice President |
June 2008 |
$200.00 |
|
L'Anse Creuse |
David Fowler |
Treasurer |
June 2008 |
$86.21 |
|
L'Anse Creuse |
Kenneth Hoover |
Trustee |
June 2011 |
$200.00 |
|
L'Anse Creuse |
Edward March |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$86.21 |
|
L'Anse Creuse |
Mary Sanders |
Secretary |
June 2009 |
$250.00 |
|
Lansing |
Hugh Clarke |
Vice President |
December 2011 |
$750.00 |
|
Lansing |
Linda Cornish |
Trustee |
December 2009 |
$750.00 |
|
Lansing |
Jack Davis |
Treasurer |
December 2011 |
$750.00 |
|
Lansing |
Ken Jones |
Trustee |
December 2009 |
$1,750.00 |
|
Lansing |
Robin Lewis |
Secretary |
December 2007 |
$750.00 |
|
Lansing |
Guillermo Lopez |
President |
December 2007 |
$750.00 |
|
Lansing |
Daniel Voss |
Trustee |
December 2007 |
$750.00 |
|
Linden |
Laura Starrs |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$410.00 |
|
Linden |
Elaine Porter |
Vice President |
June 2009 |
$802.50 |
|
Livonia |
Tom Bailey |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$500.00 |
|
Livonia |
Daniel Lessard |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Livonia |
Cynthia Markarian |
Vice President |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Lowell |
Peter Haefner |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$200.00 |
|
Lowell |
James Turner |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Marcellus |
Timothy Henry |
Treasurer |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Marcellus |
Paula Johnson |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Mason Consolidated |
Denise Gale |
Treasurer |
June 2010 |
$200.00 |
|
Mason Consolidated |
Wynne Phillips |
Secretary |
June 2010 |
$200.00 |
|
Mona Shores |
Jeanne Cooper-Kuiper |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Mona Shores |
David Kitchen |
Trustee |
December 2009 |
$100.00 |
|
Mt. Clemens |
Nancy Mitchell |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$185.84 |
|
Muskegon Heights |
Antonio Suhuba-Baruti |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$200.00 |
|
New Haven |
Regina Patton |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$200.00 |
|
New Haven |
Wanda Peyerk |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$400.00 |
|
Northwest |
Christopher Kelly |
Secretary |
June 2008 |
$100.00 |
|
Northwest |
David Shaw |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$100.00 |
|
Novi |
Katie Raeon |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$1,673.92 |
|
Oakridge |
Steven Crain |
Trustee |
June 2011 |
$500.00 |
|
Okemos |
Amy Crites |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Okemos |
Ronald Styka |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Owosso |
W. Gregory Cobb |
President |
June 2011 |
$413.40 |
|
Owosso |
Pam Coe |
Secretary |
June 2009 |
$300.00 |
|
Owosso |
Dan Comrie |
Treasurer |
June 2010 |
$427.20 |
|
Owosso |
Jim Howe |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$300.00 |
|
Parchment |
Deborah Bryant |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$250.00 |
|
Pinckney |
Laura Burwell |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Plymouth-Canton |
John Jackson |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$500.00 |
|
Plymouth-Canton |
Steven Sneideman |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Port Huron |
Rash Demashkieh |
Vice President |
June 2011 |
$500.00 |
|
Port Huron |
Geoffrey Hering |
Secretary |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Port Huron |
Jeffery Stout |
President |
June 2008 |
$500.00 |
|
Richmond |
James Avery |
President |
June 2011 |
$150.00 |
|
Richmond |
Roy Chamberlain |
Treasurer |
June 2008 |
$150.00 |
|
Richmond |
Thomas Greenia |
Secretary |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Rochester |
Timothy Greimel |
Trustee |
December 2009 |
$3,000.00 |
|
Rochester |
Michelle Shepherd |
Vice President |
December 2009 |
$3,000.00 |
|
Romeo |
Sue Hier |
President |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Romeo |
Sara Murray |
Treasurer |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Romeo |
Dale Chesney |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Romeo |
Polly Wilson |
Secretary |
June 2008 |
$97.77 |
|
Romeo |
Kethleen Wreford |
Vice President |
June 2008 |
$500.00 |
|
Royal Oak |
Deborah Anderson |
Trustee |
December 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Royal Oak |
Gary Briggs |
Vice President |
December 2007 |
$314.22 |
|
Royal Oak |
Daniel Champagne |
Treasurer |
December 2008 |
$500.00 |
|
Royal Oak |
Michael Hartman |
Trustee |
December 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Royal Oak |
Christine Hartwig |
President |
December 2009 |
$1,000.00 |
|
Royal Oak |
Kevin McLogan |
Secretary |
June 2009 |
$1,000.00 |
|
South Lake |
Shawn Gray |
Treasurer |
June 2008 |
$150.00 |
|
Southfield |
Darryle Buchanan |
Secretary |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Southfield |
Rudy Hobbs, Jr. |
Treasurer |
June 2008 |
$600.00 |
|
Southfield |
Fern Katz |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Three Rivers |
Waneta Truckey |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$500.00 |
|
Three Rivers |
Sherill Susemihl |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Traverse City |
Richard Crampton |
Secretary |
November 2007 |
$200.00 |
|
Traverse City |
Fred Tank |
Trustee |
June 2010 |
$300.00 |
|
Traverse City |
Sue Brooke |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Utica |
Carol Klenow |
President |
June 2008 |
$1,000.00 |
|
Utica |
Gene Klida |
Secretary |
June 2010 |
$500.00 |
|
Utica |
Robert Ross |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$1,000.00 |
|
Utica |
Michele Templeton |
Trustee |
June 2009 |
$1,000.00 |
|
Utica |
Carl Territo |
Treasurer |
June 2009 |
$1,000.00 |
|
Van Buren |
Ralph Nodwell |
Vice President |
June 2009 |
$500.00 |
|
Warren Consolidated |
Brendan Wagner |
Vice President |
June 2010 |
$540.00 |
|
Warren Woods |
Elizabeth Lenhard |
Vice President |
June 2008 |
$14.06 |
|
Waterford |
John Himmelspach |
Treasurer |
December 2008 |
$1,000.00 |
|
Waterford |
Jim Larkin |
Trustee |
December 2008 |
$1,000.00 |
|
Waterford |
Dave Smith |
Trustee |
December 2010 |
$1,000.00 |
|
Wayland |
Donald Borgic |
Secretary |
June 2008 |
$250.00 |
|
Wayland |
Elizabeth Mauchman |
Vice President |
June 2008 |
$250.00 |
|
Wayne Westland |
Steve Becher |
Treasurer |
June 2009 |
$999.00 |
|
Wayne Westland |
Terrance McClain |
Vice President |
June 2008 |
$999.00 |
|
Wayne Westland |
Martha Pitsenbarger |
Secretary |
June 2011 |
$150.00 |
|
Wayne Westland |
Cindy Schofield |
Trustee |
June 2008 |
$150.00 |
|
Wayne Westland |
Fred Weaver |
President |
June 2010 |
$999.00 |
|
Whitehall |
Steven Markel |
Trustee |
June 2011 |
$200.00 |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
$77,207.04 |
|
MEA PAC
|
Penalty Amount
|
|
12B Coordinating Council PAC
|
$50.00
|
|
Educators PAC
|
$225.00
|
|
Local 1 PAC
|
$25.00
|
|
Michigan Education Association PAC
|
$75.00
|
|
Port Huron PAC
|
$150.00
|
|
South Oakland MEA PAC
|
$325.00
|
|
Southfield Coordinating Council PAC
|
$1,025.00
|
|
Utica Public Affairs Committee
|
$625.00
|
|
TOTAL
|
$2,500.00
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If any information is incorrect, please
notify us and we will make changes as necessary.
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