Monica Byron

Monica Byron was elected president of Education Minnesota at the 2025 Representative Convention. She took office July 1, 2025, and is serving a three-year term.

Byron has taught for 24 years in Richfield Public Schools. She most recently worked as an elementary math coach.

She has held many local union positions as a member of Education Richfield, including treasurer, membership chair, government relations chair and vice president. Byron has also been very active in Education Minnesota and at the national level, including five years on the governing board, serving on numerous committees, and attending trainings and conferences.

She is a founding member of Education Minnesota’s Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee. After attending a National Education Association minority leadership training, Byron and others from Minnesota went back to the committee to engage and connect members of color in their state and local unions. EMAC was formed and continues today.

Byron is the first Black person to serve on Education Minnesota’s officer team. She looks forward to strengthening Education Minnesota, helping to transform the public mindset of education, and working to retain and engage all members, especially members who are Black, Indigenous or people of color.