MAEDS Board of Directors
The MAEDS Board is comprised of 11 volunteer members representing many disciplines in K12 educational technology throughout Michigan. Board members serve 3 year terms.
| Position | Name | School District | |
|---|---|---|---|
| President |
Nicholas Hay | Send A Message | Monroe County ISD |
| Past-President |
Dan Allen | Send A Message | MAISA |
| President-Elect |
Damian Koob | Send A Message | Van Buren ISD |
| Treasurer |
Eric Krebill | Send A Message | Lifetime Member |
| Secretary |
Chris Thomas | Send A Message | Ingham ISD |
| Director |
Merri Lynn Colligan | Send A Message | GISD/MISEN |
| Ben “Papa” Eggenberger | Send A Message | Beal City Public Schools | |
| Rick Munir | Send A Message | Dexter Community Schools | |
| Butch Murray | Send A Message | Lifetime Member | |
| Brandi Reynolds | Send A Message | Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District | |
| Brandon Richmond | Send A Message | Belding Area Schools |
Interested in joining the MAEDS Board? Contact any current board member and we can fill you in on the details.
The MAEDS Past Presidents: 50+ Years and Going Strong
| Year | Name | District |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nicholas Hay | Monroe County ISD |
| 2024 | Dan Allen | Lapeer ISD |
| 2023 | Eric Krebill | Tri County Area Schools |
| 2022 | Merri Lynn Colligan | Washtenaw County ISD |
| 2021 | Ryan Velzy | Oakland Schools |
| 2020 | Tom Rea | West Branch - Rose City Schools |
| 2019 | Nicholas Hay | Monroe County ISD |
| 2018 | Scott Wooster | Chelsea Schools |
| 2017 | Dan Allen | Lapeer County ISD |
| 2016 | Ken Chinavare | Clare-Gladwin RESD |
| 2015 | Butch Murray | Macomb ISD |
| 2014 | Nicholas Hay | Monroe County ISD |
| 2013 | Ben Eggenberger | Ingham ISD |
| 2012 | Eric Krebill | Montcalm Area ISD |
| 2011 | Beth Wheeler | Crawford AuSable Schools |
| 2010 | Mark Knaack | Branch ISD |
| 2009 | Roy Hickman | Peck Community Schools |
| 2008 | Ben Eggenberger | Gratiot Isabella RESD |
| 2007 | Sam Lutgring | Calhoun ISD |
| 2006 | Pete Lopez | Inkster Public Schools |
| 2005 | Mark Deschaine | Albion Public Schools |
| 2003-04 | Mark Knaack | Branch ISD |
| 2001-03 | Matt McCarty | Clarkston Public Schools |
| 2000-01 | Mark Lachniet | Holt Public Schools |
| 1999-2000 | Mario Gallegos | Center Line Public |
| 1998-99 | Anne Proulx | Hamtramck Schools |
| 1997-98 | Dave Richards | Rochester Community Schools |
| 1996-97 | Butch Murray | Macomb ISD |
| 1995-96 | Audrey Mumaw | A.C.C.E.S.S. |
| 1994-95 | George Schultz | Shiawassee RESA |
| 1993-94 | Jim Rarus | Wayne County RESA |
| 1992-93 | Shirley Xerri | Wayne County RESA |
| 1991-92 | Rich Witkowski | Garden City Public |
| 1990-91 | Chuck Huber | Warren Consolidated Schools |
| 1989-90 | Chuck Salgot | Macomb ISD |
| 1988-89 | Deborah Bellaire | Wayne County ISD |
| 1987-88 | Nancy Wellman | Macomb ISD |
| 1986-87 | Jerry Henderson | Wayne County ISD |
| 1985-86 | Stan Bittner | St. Clair ISD |
| 1984-85 | Harry Groves | Windsor Board of Education |
| 1983-84 | Kenneth F. Palazzolo | Rams Cooperative |
| 1982-83 | David Rhodes | Berrien County ISD |
| 1981-82 | Lary Smith | Wayne County ISD |
| 1980-81 | Nicholas Colovos | Lansing Public Schools |
| 1979-80 | Don Mann | Oakland Community Schools |
| 1978-79 | Joan Rathbun | Oakland Schools |
| 1978 | Dan Betz | Muskegon County ISD |
| 1977-78 | George Kargillis | Warren Consolidated Schools |
| 1976-77 | Howard Johnson | Wayne County ISD |
| 1975-76 | John Skewes | Oakland Schools |
| 1974-75 | Bessie Cobbins | Oakland Community College |
| 1973-74 | Mel Staebler | Pontiac Schools |
| 1972-73 | Alfred Clyne | Coldwater Schools |
| 1971-72 | David Classon | Washtenaw County ISD |
| 1970-71 | Charles Ritter | Livonia Public Schools |
| 1969-70 | Vernon McGeorge | Macomb ISD |
| 1968-69 | Nicholas Manghihi | Waterford Schools |
| 1967-68 | Clare Ebersole | Wayne County ISD |
| 1966-67 | Rex Wood | Oakland Schools |
| 1965-66 | Paul Shoemaker | Redford Union |