After serving in 2023-2024, the Coordinating Committee officers below were elected to a two-year term on June 14, 2024 by a vote of 65% of eligible members. Thank you everyone for your service! – UFE Election Committee: Leslie Flemmer, Judith Gabriele, and Carolyn Prouty

UFE Leadership, 2024-2026

	Coordinating Committee	Other Roles	Contact
Julie Levin Russo	Co-Chair (sabbatical winter-spring 2025)	Bargaining Team Labor-Management Team Grievance Committee	julielevinrusso [at] gmail.com
Kathleen Eamon	Co-Chair	Bargaining Team Labor-Management Team Grievance Committee	kathleen.eamon [at] gmail.com
Miranda Mellis	Stewards Council Coordinator		mirandamellis [at] gmail.com
Paul McMillin (re-elected)	Treasurer	Bargaining Team	pauljs13 [at] gmail.com
Liza Rognas	Communications Coordinator		rognasl [at] gmail.com
Brad Proctor (re-elected)	At-Large Representative	Bargaining Team Labor-Management Team Faculty Recruitment Initiative	bradley.david.proctor [at] gmail.com
Kyle Pittman	At-Large Representative		kyle.mda [at] live.com
Jon Davies		Bargaining Team Labor-Management Team Grievance Committee	Jonsdavies [at] gmail.com
AJ Vane		Grievance Committee	reverse8dagaz [at] gmail.com
Julia Zay		Faculty Recruitment Initiative	juliazay [at] gmail.com
Shelby Hopkins (WEA Higher Ed Organizer)		Bargaining Team Labor-Management Team	shopkins [at] washingtonea.org

UFE Stewards Council

The Stewards Council encompasses the above officers plus the Stewards below, who jointly comprise “the legislative and policy making body of the UFE” according to our Bylaws. Among their official responsibilities, Stewards shall “approve UFE policies and objectives, establish guidelines and hear continuing reports on bargaining, maintain two-way UFE communication with union members, and organize and oversee the enrollment of new union members.” Please extend your gratitude to these individuals for their willingness to serve in this role! These Stewards were elected to a two-year term on November 8, 2024 by a unanimous YES vote of 54% of the membership. (Election Committee: Julie Levin Russo, Miranda Mellis, Brad Proctor) Mike Craw Jon Davies Lynarra Featherly Leslie Flemmer Carolyn Prouty Penelope Partridge Eric Stein Ada Vane Wenhong Wang Richard Weiss Julia Zay

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PAST LEADERSHIP

UFE Stewards serving all or part of 2018-2024

• Steve Blakeslee
• Jon Davies
• Marla Elliott
• Leslie Flemmer
• Judith Gabriele
• Grace Huerta
• Paul McMillan
• Laurie Meeker
• Miranda Mellis
• Maria Isabel Morales
• Shawn Hazboun
• Brad Proctor
• Carolyn Prouty
• Liza Rognas
• Julie Levin Russo
• Suzanne Simons
• Rebecca Sunderman
• Thuy Vu
  
• Wenhong Wang
• Sandy Yannone
• Anthony Zaragoza

UFE Coordinating Committee, 2020-2022

Shawn Hazboun, Chair

Laurie Meeker, Vice Chair

Marla Elliott, Treasurer

Leslie Flemmer, Stewards Coordinator

Julie Levin Russo, Communications Coordinator

Judith Gabriele, At-Large Representative

Sandy Yannone, At-Large Representative

Jon Davies, Bargaining Team Chair

Grace Huerta, Bargaining Team

Brad Proctor, Bargaining Team

UFE Coordinating Committee, 2018-2020

Grace Huerta, Chair

Jon Davies, Vice Chair/Bargaining Team Chair

Laurie Meeker, Communications Coordinator

Marla Elliott, Treasurer

Sandy Yannone, Stewards Coordinator

Judith Gabriele, At-Large Representative

Julie Levin Russo, At-Large Representative

UFE Grievance Committee, 2019-2020

Jon Davies, Marla Elliott, Grace Huerta

UFE Bargaining Team, 2019-2020

Jon Davies (Bargaining Team Chair), Shawn Hazboun, Grace Huerta, Laurie Meeker, Julie Levin Russo & Gary McNeil (WEA Higher Ed Organizer)

UFE Labor Management Team, 2019-2020

Jon Davies (Bargaining Team Chair), Shawn Hazboun, Grace Huerta, Laurie Meeker, Brad Procter & Gary McNeil (WEA Higher Ed Organizer)

UFE Bargaining Team, 2015-2017

Jon Davies (bargaining team chair), Gary McNeil (WEA Higher Ed Organizer and lead negotiator), John Baldridge, Stephen Beck, Grace Huerta, Al Josephy, Laurie Meeker

UFE Bargaining Team, 2013-2015

Jon Davies (chair), Gary McNeil (WEA Higher Ed Organizer and lead negotiator), John Baldridge, Stephen Beck, Grace Huerta, Al Josephy, Laurie Meeker

UFE Bargaining Team, 2012-2013

Rebecca Sunderman (chair), Gary McNeil (WEA Higher Ed Organizer and lead negotiator), Jose Gomez, Grace Huerta, Laurie Meeker, Sarah Ryan

UFE Bargaining Team, 2008