National Education Association

The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest professional employee organization in the U.S. It represents teachers and other workers involved in education - at levels pre-school through university graduate programs. With 3.2 million members, the NEA is larger than the American Federation of Teachers which has about 1.4 million members. The NEA lobbies Congress and federal agencies on behalf of its teachers and public schools in general.

NEA is a member of Health Care for America Now.


 * Former President (1983-1989) - Mary Futrell

Political contributions
The National Education Association gave $1,853,443 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its political action committee - 89% to Democrats and 11% to Republicans.

Lobbying
The NEA spent $5,671,162 for lobbying in the first half of 2007. Most of the lobbying was done using in-house lobbyists but three outside lobbying firms were used one of which included Mickey Ibarra and Associates.

Personnel
Executive Officers 2006-2007:
 * Reg Weaver, President
 * Dennis Van Roekel, Vice-President
 * Lily Eskelsen, Secretary-Treasurer
 * John I. Wilson, Executive Director

Board of Directors:

The board of directors consists of one or more members from each state.

Contact details
1201 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 833-4000 Fax: (202) 822-7974 Web: http://www.nea.org