Joe Nuñez, governmental relations director for the California Teachers Association, has been appointed executive director of the union, officials announced this week.

Nuñez will replace Carolyn Doggett at the helm of the association that represents 325,000 teachers in the state. Doggett retires in August after 30 years at the CTA, including the last 18 as executive director, the union said in a news release. The executive director oversees daily operations at the association, which is based in Burlingame and has 435 staff members.

Nuñez became involved in the CTA as a teacher in Santa Maria, where he served as president of faculty union there before becoming a CTA staff member in 1995. He was appointed CTA’s associate executive director for governmental relations in 2004 and over the years has worked on several campaign efforts, including work last year for the passage of the Proposition 30 funding initiative for schools, the CTA said.

Nuñez also served on the California State Board of Education from 2001 to 2007.

“Joe’s background and experience in and out of the classroom make him the perfect fit to help move our organization forward,” CTA President Dean Vogel said in a statement. “His knowledge of education policy, his political expertise and his hard work on behalf of students and educators are well-known and respected by educators, and politicians and community leaders in Sacramento and throughout California.”

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