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What are your favorite memories                            What makes you most proud of

          of leading NJPSA?                                          this organization?



          I have so many wonderful memories; it is difficult to      I am most proud when a member says we made a difference
          choose one. My memories center around the life-long        in their professional life.
          relationships that I have established with staff, with members,
          and with the larger educational community. Each person     What do you want to say about
          that I have had the pleasure to work with has touched my
          life in some way. Trips with senior staff and Board members   the members?
          to Washington or to national conferences were joy-filled
          opportunities.                                             The members ARE the association. They are the reason
                                                                     we exist. Their leadership has a huge impact on the staff
          I also cherish the times I would meet members at meetings    and students with whom they interact on a daily basis.
          or while I was presenting a professional learning session.    They are strong, resilient, innovative, and motivated by a
          I loved talking to them and encouraging them to become     strong desire that every student succeeds. The Association
          more involved in the association. After all, that is how I became   needs their leadership. The Association needs them to be
          involved beyond just joining. As a principal, a colleague invited   actively engaged with us as we strive to support their work.
          me to join the Elementary Education Committee, and I was   NJPSA has the ability to influence decisions that can impact
          hooked. I realized that I could do more for our profession and   all school leaders, but it can only do so if the leaders lend
          by doing so, I became a stronger leader. And so when one of   their voices, their support, their time, and their talent to the
          those members I encouraged to get more involved joined a   collective work of the Association. The members themselves
          committee or became a Council member, I knew they would    have always been and will continue to be what makes NJPSA
          reach out to others and the cycle of strong leadership would   great.
          continue to grow our association.
















































          PAT WRIGHT



          Executive Director 2012 - 2021
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