New WJEA officers announced

The results are in, and it's official: These are your new WJEA officers, who are slated to begin their two-year terms in August -- the beginning of the organization's fiscal year:

• President: Vince DeMiero, Mountlake Terrace HS
• Vice President: Sandra Coyer, Puyallup HS
  
• Secretary: Susan Fergueson-Holihan, Mt. Si HS
• Treasurer: Deb Kalina, Jackson HS
  

DeMiero takes over the top spot after a distinguished 20-year career as adviser of The Hawkeye, in which he won numerous awards, including WJEA Adviser of the Year (twice) and the NSPA "Pioneer" award (the organization's highest recognition for advisers). He's stepping down as adviser of The Hawkeye at the end of this year, but will continue teaching at MTHS and will support new adviser Mark Isakson as adviser emeritus.

Coyer (current secretary) and Fergueson-Holihan (current vice president) essentially flip roles, while Kalina takes over for Lu Flannery, who is stepping down after having been the WJEA treasurer for a very, very long time.

Current president Kathy Schrier will move into both the past president role and the newly created WJEA executive director position.

You can learn more about all of your new officers here.

WJEA members: Don't forget to vote!

If you're a WJEA member, you should have received your ballot for the 2008 WJEA officer election in the mail. There are five candidates running for four positions:

• President: Vince DeMiero, Mountlake Terrace HS
• Vice President: Sandra Coyer, Puyallup HS, and Jeff Nusser, Wenatchee HS
• Secretary: Susan Holihan, Mt. Si HS
• Treasurer: Deb Kalina, Jackson HS

Full candidate information can be found here. Mail-in ballots must be postmarked by April 30; you can vote in person at the May board meeting in Kenmore on May 3.