Becky Pringle

Becky Pringle is the immediate past president of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor organization in the United States. A middle school teacher with 31 years of classroom experience, Becky began her leadership journey as a local president, and then went on to serve on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the NEA, as well as NEA Secretary-Treasurer and Vice President. Becky directed NEA's work to combat institutional racism, co-chaired the NEA Task Force on School Discipline and the School to Prison Pipeline, as well as leading NEA's work to transform the education professions and improve student learning. She lead the NEA's development of a policy statement on Community Schools and has a long record of advocacy at the state, national and local levels. Becky also served as finance chair of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, treasurer of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, and on the Institute for Educational Leadership Task Force. She is a recipient of the National Peace Medal for Leader of Educational Excellence, a recipient of the Black Women's Roundtable Education Innovation & Social Justice Leadership Award, the Woman of Power Award, and was named Community woman of the Year by the American Association of University Women. She also served with distinction on President Barak Obama's Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans where she addressed issues on teacher recruitment and retention, STEM access and opportunities, and college preparation and completion.