The Horace Mann League of the USA
Minutes of. the Board of Directors

May 10, 2022.
The meeting was Called to order by President, Ruben Alejandro at 9:04 am.

Member present via Zoom: Ruben Alejandro, Martin Brooks, Marth Bruckner, Kevin Riley, James Harvey, and Jack McKay
In absentia:  Joshua Starr, Lisa Parady, and Bill Mathis

A brief meeting of the Leagues’ Board of Directors was held on Tuesday, May 10th, to officially appoint Dr. Jeanne Collins as the “part-time” Assistant Executive Director, starting on July 1, 2022, for an annual stipend of $5,000.00. The intention is that the Assistant Executive Director will assume the position of the League’s Executive Director on July 1, 2023.

Motion by Kevin Riley, seconded by James Harvey, that Dr. Jeanne Collins, be appointed as the Assistant Executive Director of the Horace Mann League, starting on July 1, 2022, with an annual stipend of $5,000.00, The intention is that the Assistant Executive Director will assume the position of the League’s Executive Director on July 1, 2023.

Passed.

Dr. Collins is currently on the League’s Board of Directors, and has experience as president and officer at a number of other associations, broadening her experience to bring to HML (a) president of the Vermont Superintendent Association, (b) the New England Association of School Supts (NEASS), and (c) the Southwest VT Supt Association, and have (d) served on the governing board of AASA and (e) Council for Exceptional Children/ Council for Administrators of Special Education.

Meeting adjourned at 9:20 am.

Jack McKay, Executive Secretary