Cache teacher is new leader of UEA

Kimilee Campbell, an elementary teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in Hyrum, Cache County, has been elected president of the 18,000-member Utah Education Association.

Campbell served as the association's vice president from 2002-06 and was unopposed in the race for the top UEA leadership position.

She has been a member of the UEA lobby team and represented Cache, Logan, Rich, and Box Elder Education Association members on the UEA Board of Directors. She also served as a local education association president and has been a delegate to the National Education Association's Representative Assembly.

In addition to working as an elementary teacher for the past 28 years, Campbell was an instructor in Utah State University's College of Education.

Ellen Thompson, president of the Davis Education Association, was elected UEA vice president. Thompson is a graduate of Brigham Young University and has taught 19 years in the Davis School District.