Congratulations to Cecil County’s Diana Hawley on having recently been named MABE’s new president for the 2025-2026 term. She assumes the MABE presidency following the 2024-2025 term of MABE President Karin M. Bailey, Chair of the St. Mary’s County School Board. Hawley was sworn in on Oct. 20 during MABE’s Annual Conference 2025, held in Annapolis.
President of the Board of Education of Cecil County and a member of the school board since 2018, Diana has a background in early childhood education and early intervention. She has been an active leader and advocate for Cecil County Public Schools for over 15 years.
“At MABE, we’ve seen up close Diana’s rock-solid commitment to Maryland students and public schools,” said MABE Executive Director Milt Nagel. “Her extensive experience in Maryland’s education community means she brings a valuable first-hand perspective to MABE members’ collective work championing excellence in Maryland public education. Despite such challenging times for public education as a whole, we see great things ahead under her collaborative, innovative leadership.”
Also sworn in during MABE’s Annual Conference 2025 were MABE’s newly elected officers and Board of Directors. MABE President-Elect for the coming year is Brenda Wolff (Montgomery County); the association’s new Treasurer is Frederick County’s Karen Yoho; and its new Secretary is Howard County’s Jolene Mosley. In addition to MABE’s officers, the association’s incoming Board of Directors is comprised of 12 board members from 11 Maryland counties and Baltimore City.
Additional details may be found in MABE’s Oct. 22, 2025 press release.