Executive Board

NIA is governed by an Executive Board per the NIA Articles of Agreement. The Executive Board is composed of twelve members; four members from each sub-region. Members shall be from the following categories: school board member, district administrator, director of special education and at-large member. Please email Jon Malone -jmalone@thenia.org if you would like to nominate yourself for someone else to run for an Executive Board seat.

Current Board Members

Subregion I

Meg Thurman
Member-At-Large
Sycamore #427
Email Meg
Diane Tyrrell
District Administrator
Sandwich #430
Email Diane
Nicole Bakalis
Director of Special Education
Kaneland #302
Email Nicole
Steve Fiorentino
School Board Member

Subregion II

Sarah Moore
District Administrator
Winnebago County Special Ed
Email Sarah
Christan Schrader
Director of Special Education
Rockford #205
Email Christan
David Lombardo
School Board Member
Rockton #140
Email David
Daniel Holder
Member-at-Large
Regional Office of Education 4
Email Daniel

Subregion III

Christine Lynde
School Board Member
Byron School District #226
Email Christine
Matt Zilm
Special Education Director
Ogle County Special Education
Email Matt
Corena Steinmeyer
Member-at-Large
Lee County Special Education
Email Corena
Tracy Dahl
District Administrator
Northwest Special Education Cooperative
Email Tracy

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  • Rockford
  • St. Charles
  • Sterling
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