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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS CTA's President, Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer rep- resent our union's three Executive Officers. Elected by CTA's 800-member State Council of Education, the officers and Executive Director report to the Board of Directors. David B. Goldberg PRESIDENT Goldberg has spent most of his career as a bilingual teacher at Murchison Elementary in Los Angeles. His history of union activism includes serving as CTA Vice President and Secre- tary-Treasurer, two terms on the CTA Board and as treasurer of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). He comes from a long line of LA educator union leaders. Goldberg is committed to democratic unionism, where members build capacity and power at their worksites to make positive change. He is dedicated to securing the full funding that California public schools deserve. He led CTA's 2020 effort to reform corporate property tax laws to fully fund public education and local services, and reverse decades of disinvestment in our communities. He sees advocacy for strong public schools as part of a larger struggle for social justice, with CTA leading the way in the movement for equi- table opportunity for all. To that end, he is spearheading CTA's work with community schools throughout the state. Fun fact: Goldberg is trilingual, including Spanish and sign language. Leslie Littman VICE PRESIDENT Littman comes from a family of educators with her mom, uncles, aunts and cousins all being California public school teachers and CTA members. An educator since 1992, she taught AP U.S. history, economics and government at Hart High School in Santa Clarita. She previously served as CTA Secretary-Treasurer from 2019 to 2023 and on the CTA Board of Directors representing District I before that. Litt- man served as Hart District Teachers Assn. president and vice president. As an elected representative to CTA's State Council, she served as chair of the Credentials and Profes- sional Development and Elections committees. She also served as the Superintendent of Public Instruction's desig- nee on the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing for eight years. Littman won the NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence in 2011. She is dedicated to ensuring California educators have the tools and support they need to be the teachers all students deserve. Fun fact: She has an adorable Yorkshire terrier named Poppy. Erika Jones SECRETARY-TREASURER Jones grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and began her teach- ing career teaching kindergarten in Sun Valley, CA. She was elected Secretary-Treasurer in 2023 after serving eight years on the CTA Board. She is also a professional development trainer in classroom management, culturally responsive teaching, racial equity and supporting school communities. Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed her to the California Charter Schools Task Force in 2019; the group's work led to a series of successful bills to reform charter school law. Jones serves on the California Department of Education (CDE) Advisory Committee on Charter Schools and the CDE Foundation Board of Directors. Jones was part of the bargaining team during UTLA's Meet CTA Leadership Our union's Board of Directors advocates for students, educators and the profession C T A L E A D E R S A R E E L E C T E D to advocate for our 310,000 members and for public education and the schools our students deserve. e CTA Board of Directors oversees implementation of all CTA policies from the State Council of Education (CTA's top poli- cy-making body). Board members serve on numerous committees and task forces within CTA and with state and local agencies. e Board is composed of 23 educators, 16 of whom are elected from geographically drawn districts with 10,000 or more members. In addition, two At-Large Directors represent ethnic minorities statewide; one Director represents higher education members; and one seat is reserved for a California member of the NEA Board of Directors. e three Executive Officers bring the total to 24. (CTA's Executive Director also serves on the Board.) is spring, for the first time in CTA history, the Board became majority female. Here is who represents you and your interests ( for full bios, visit cta.org/about-us/leadership): 48 cta.org Our Union