New OEA Executive Director also set to assume role in July
[COLUMBUS – May 12, 2025] Ohio Education Association local association delegates met over the weekend at OEA’s Representative Assembly, the organization’s governing body. They elected Parma Education Association member Jeff Wensing to a three-year term as OEA President, and Sylvania Education Association member Dan Greenberg to a three-year term as Vice President. Both will take office on July 15, 2025.Wensing, OEA’s current Vice President, is a high school math teacher in Parma City Schools and has been an education advocate and leader for over 30 years. Wensing previously served as president of the Parma Education Association and as president of the Northeastern Ohio Education Association (NEOEA).
Greenberg is a 28-year high school English teacher who has served as president of the Sylvania Education Association for the past ten years. Greenberg has also served as a National Education Association Director, OEA Director, and vice president of the Northwest Ohio Education Association (NWOEA).
OEA is also pleased to announce that Airica Clay has been named the organization’s new Executive Director, effective July 1, 2025. Clay joined the OEA staff 17 years ago as a Labor Relations Consultant supporting members in the field before becoming OEA’s Assistant Executive Director – Member Advocacy in 2021, serving under OEA Executive Director Patricia Collins, who retired in December, and Interim Executive Director Dan Burkhalter. A proud product of East Cleveland public schools, Clay brings invaluable experience in collective bargaining, advocacy, organizing, as well as labor and employment law to her new role as OEA Executive Director.
“As OEA welcomes new leadership, I am confident about the future of our organization and public education in our state,” said current OEA President Scott DiMauro, who is term-limited after serving two terms in office. “Ohio’s public school educators and their students are in great hands with Airica Clay, Jeff Wensing, Dan Greenberg, and OEA Secretary-Treasurer Rob McFee’s talents, passion, and leadership energizing and empowering members to stand together for the great public schools Ohio’s students deserve – no exceptions.”