I am also serving as a member of the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Board of Directors, as the committee chair for the statewide Health and Wellness Committee and I served on the NJSBA Taskforce for Mental Health and Safety. I have attended hundreds of hours of board and leadership training and provided many trainings to educators, administrators, and boards. As a board member, I have been an advocate for students locally and throughout the state. I have served as vice president of the local board for three years, and I served as president for one year. My name is Amy Hassa, and I have served as a member of the Hamilton Township School District in Atlantic County for over six years. In this School Board Member spotlight, Hassa shares what she’s learned on her school board member journey. She saw the opportunity to lend her expertise to the district to avoid further loss and to advocate for mental health on a broad level.
New Jersey School Boards Association Login Search MenuĪmy Hassa, who earned her master’s degree in social work from Rutgers University and has worked in the area of mental health and suicide prevention for 21 years, initially ran for her local board of education after her K-8th-grade district saw a handful of its students die by suicide.
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