MASE Board of Directors

The MASE board is comprised of elected and appointed members.

• 5 officers: president, president-elect, past-president, secretary, treasurer. Elected by MASE membership. The president serves six years: two as president-elect, two as president, and two as past-president. Secretary and treasurer serve two-year terms.

• 10 area representatives: one from each MASE area and one retired representative. Appointed by their areas to two-year terms.

• 2 MASA Component Group representatives: serving on both the MASE and MASA boards. Elected by MASA membership to three-year terms.

• 2 ex officio liaison representatives: CASE and MNCEC liaisons. Appointed by the president-elect to two-year terms.

• 3 ex officio staff representatives: Executive Director, Director of Professional Development and Legislative Consultant.

• 15 nonvoting committee chair/co-chairs: from the seven MASE standing committees. Appointed by the president-elect.
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President (23-25)
Melissa Hanson
Executive Director
MAWSECO
mhanson@mawseco.k12.mn.us
President-Elect (23-25)
Amy Ernst
Director of Special Education
Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools
aernst@bhmschools.org    
Past President (23-25)
Jamie Nord
Assistant Superintendent
Elk River Area Schools
​jamie.nord@isd728.org
Past Past President (23-25)
Sarah Mittelstadt
Director of Special Services
Southern Plains Education Coop.
sarah.mittelstadt@
southernplainsedcoop.org