Charles D. Beard recently reitred as the principal of Napoleon Middle School. He was an administrator for 28 years. During the 2002-2003 school year he was recognized as the OASSA prinicpal of the year. He joined the OMSA Executive Board in 1992. Mr. Beard is the Department Chair of Middle Childhood Education at Lourdes College.

Tom Burton is presently the principal of Cuyahoga Middle School and serves as president of OMSA. Tom was previously the principal at Willowick Middle School and prior to his experience there, he taught and coached in Cleveland Heights at Monticello Middle School. He lives in Bainbridge with his wife Franca and three children.

Nancy Poliseno is an eighth grade language arts teacher at Orange Middle School in Lewis Center, Ohio. She has served on the Executive Board of OMSA as a central region associate rep, newsletter editor, and president-elect. She has also served on the Board of Trustees for the National Middle School Association.

Shannon Federinko teaches 7th and 8th grade science at Claggett Middle School in Medina, Ohio. She has been Secretary of the OMSA Board for five years and a member of the board for seven years. She serves on the Science Support Team for her district and various committees at Claggett Middle School. She has her Master's Degree in Educational Administration and is currently completing coursework to obtain her Master's Degree in Integrated Science.

Dona Gardner Klein currently serves as the vice-president of OMSA. She recently retired after thirty years in education in Ohio. Her educational experiences include two principalships ,Nagel Middle School in Cincinnati and Vail Middle School in Middletown. Dona was also the Coordinator of Secondary Curriculum and a high school assistant principal for Middletown City Schools. She began her educational career teaching middle level science in Hamilton. Dona's undergraduate and two graduate degrees are from Miami University.

Ed Vittardi is presently the principal of North Royalton Middle School and also serving as treasurer of OMSA. Previously he was principal at Medina Claggett Middle School and Twinsburg Dodge Middle School where he previously was an assistant principal, guidance counselor and teacher. He is a past president and vice president of OMSA and is also the Northeast Regional Representative. He lives in North Royalton with his wife Jackie and children Holly and Eric.