Leadership Team

A paraprofessional in the Colonial School District for more than 20 years, Tameka Mays is the first Education Support Professional to be elected president of the Delaware State Education Association.

A graduate of Newark High School, Tameka has become one of Delaware’s leading advocates for students experiencing trauma and public educators fighting for better working conditions.

Her exceptional dedication and commitment to her students earned her DSEA’s 2017 Educational Support Professional of the Year Award.

A decade after first joining her local union, Tameka was elected president of the Colonial Paraprofessional Association in 2016 before winning statewide elections to become DSEA’s Vice President in 2023 and the union’s newest President in 2026.

Tameka has also completed the National Education Association’s Leaders for Tomorrow program and NEA’s National Organizing Fellowship. She is a member of the DSEA Year-Round Organizing Team and the Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee.

Beyond her professional commitments, Tameka and her sister are also the co-founders of Twins Community Distribution, a nonprofit that helps provide food, clothing and household items to underserved Delawareans, particularly families impacted by the opioid crisis

Tameka and her husband Warren, an assistant principal in the Brandywine School District, live in New Castle with their three school-age daughters.