Who we are
90 Years of Teachers Helping Teachers
MBEA is the statewide professional association for business, marketing, finance, information technology and computer science teachers. Since 1936, we’ve brought Michigan teachers together to learn from each other, celebrate great teaching and speak up for the programs that prepare students for work.
Learn Together
The Fall Conference and summer boot camps bring members together for sessions led by fellow teachers. You leave with lessons and ideas you can use in your classroom the next week.
Find Your People
Business teachers are often the only one in their building. MBEA connects you with colleagues across Michigan who teach what you teach.
Share Resources
Members trade what works: lesson plans, worksheets, slide decks and links, collected in one place on the Resources page. The newsletter keeps you up to date between events.
Meet the Board
MBEA is run entirely by volunteer educators, elected by members.
Colleen L.B. Webb
MBEA board member since 2007 and past president of the National Business Education Association, with more than 43 years in business education.
Joyce Newtown
Longtime computer and business instructor at Baker College of Port Huron, on the MBEA board since 2014.
Andrea N. Hudson
Business teacher at Gull Lake Community Schools and an MBEA member since 2013.
Angela B. Durkee
Retired Chippewa Valley Schools business and cybersecurity teacher, on the MBEA board since 2024.
Emily Anthony
Faculty specialist at Western Michigan University who prepares future business and CTE teachers.
Heather L. Clark
Business teacher at Johannesburg-Lewiston Area Schools and an MBEA member since 2010.
Michael Cattani
Representing the Upper Peninsula on the MBEA board since 2018, after a long career as a business teacher and administrator in Menominee.
Thomas Knight
Program consultant for Business, Finance, IT and Marketing at the Michigan Department of Education’s Office of Career and Technical Education.
