The AFT Massachusetts Executive Board is responsible for carrying out the programs and policies approved by the convention delegates. The 29-member board consists of two officers — the president, secretary-treasurer and twenty-seven vice presidents. All are elected to two-year terms by delegates to the AFT Massachusetts 2026 Convention.
The Elected President and Secretary-Treasurer along with Federation staff are charged with running the day-to-day operations of the State Federation.
AFT Massachusetts Convention delegates elected to serve on the Executive Board for the next two years are: Abeer Abdullah (Lynn Teachers Union); Kathryn Anderson (Chelsea Teachers Union); Kimberly Barry (Lawrence Teachers Union); Erik Berg (Boston Teachers Union); Rose Marie Bergeron (United Teachers of Lowell); Deborah Blinder (Holliston Federation of Teachers); Toni Bourgea (South Shore Regional Vocational Teachers Federation); Brenda Chaney (Boston Teachers Union); Barbara Carrapichano (North Shore Consortium Employees Federation); Kathy Delaney (Lawrence Teachers Union); Nicole Doucette (Lynn Teachers Union); Marianne Dumont (United Teachers of Lowell); Colleen Hart (Boston Teachers Union); Mary Henry (Peabody Federation of Teachers); Patricia Kelly (Massachusetts Library Staff Association); A. Vanessa La Rocque (Boston Teachers Union); Johnny McInnis (Boston Teachers Union); Vanesa Mendoza-Mercado (Chelsea Teachers Union); Christine Moyer (Medway Federation of Teachers); Phil O’Connor (Lynn Teachers Union); Mindy Richardson (Lawrence Teachers Union); Kathryn Sullivan (Chelmsford Federation of Teachers); Karen Tucker (Salem Teachers Union); Susan Uvanni (United Teachers of Lowell); Michelle Willis (New Bedford Federation of Paraprofessionals); Kimberly Wilson (UMass Faculty Federation); Cynthia Yetman (AFT Amesbury).