PEF top officers get new 3-year terms
By SHERRY HALBROOK
PEFExecutiveBoard
Stadnik;Seat110,JimKersten;Seat120,
KenBrynienand
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130,WesBartlett;
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Spence;Seat160,
three-yeartermthat
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beginsinAugust.
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55,Jeff
285,GregLazzaro;Seat295,JeanetteSt.
Theyinclude:Brynien,president;Igoe,
Janiszewski;Seat85,JuneEdwards;Seat
Mary;Seat300,JenniferFarrier;Seat355,
secretary-treasurer;PatBaker,Tom
95,PeterBanks;Seat165,JimBlake;Seat
BobLowinger;Seat365,HaroldBrewster;
ComanzoandJoeFox,vice
185,KenFerro;Seat
Seat375,GladysFrancis;Seat
presidents;andOlubiyi
187,BobMahoney;Seat
385,KenDischel;Seat425,Ron
Sehindemi,AdamSumlinand
190,AdelFahim;Seat
Vero;Seat440,JohnRuiz;Seat
GailNoble,trustees.Incumbent
195,DonReinhard;Seat
465,SteveNawrocki;Seat470,
TrusteesBobReynoldsandJulio
197,AnnaSchrom;Seat
ConradDavis;Seat475,OjiReed;
Munozdidnotseekre-election.
200,RichardDillard;
Seat505,JohnDuengfelder;Seat
“Wearedeeplymovedbythis
Seat202,Carolyn
530,LouFerrone;andSeat540,
demonstrationofourmembers’
Willson;Seat230,
MaggieEaton.
trust,confidenceandunityof
HeatherGaeta;Seat
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purposeatatimewhenour
265,DaveChudy;Seat
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280,KarenSpotford;
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possibletoleadthisunionforward
Souffrant;Seat335,DebbieLee;
special2009PEFElectionGuideas
responsiblyandeffectivelyinthefaceof
Seat370,NithiaChatterjie;Seat380,
asupplementinthisissueof The
theseandfuturechallenges.Itisa
LesleyWilliamson;Seat410,GracyJames;
Communicator. Thesupplement,whichis
privilegeandaresponsibilityweembrace.”
Seat420,MaureenKozakiewicz;Seat430,
notprovidedincopiesof The
MargaretRice-Harvey;Seat435,Midgalia
Communicator beingmailedtonon-
PEFregions
Ramos-Ensslin;Seat445,Kathy
members,detailsthecandidatesandthe
TheKeepingMembers1stticketalso
D’Arminio;Seat450,MaddieShannon-
races.Membersareencouragedto
swepteightofthe12PEFregional
Roberts;Seat455,GermaineGreco;Seat
thoroughlyreviewthosecandidate
coordinatorpositions.Theyare:John
458,GwenPope;Seat460,RobGrace;
statementsandotherinformationinthe
Prince,Region3;DonKehoskie,Region4;
Seat480,ToddKerner;Seat495,Jack
electionguidebeforecompletingtheir
MaryTwitchell,Region5;TomDonahue,
Carroll;Seat500,MichaelStella;Seat510,
ballots.
Region7;BillWurster,Region8;Vernetta
SusanStepp;Seat520,JerryJobson;Seat
However,anyonewillbeabletoaccess
Chesimard,Region10;JemmaMarie-
525,DanMajeski;Seat535,Bill
theelectionguide,whichwillbeposted
Hanson,Region11;andDeeDodson,
Holthausen;Seat545,DianeMyers;and
with The Communicator onthePEFWeb
Region12.
Seat550,MaureenHlibiczuk.
siteatwww.pef.org.
Twooftheregionalcoordinator
Another46independentcandidatesfor
Onlymembersinregions2and6,and
positionswenttoindependentcandidates
theExecutiveBoardalsowerecertifiedto
memberswhoseExecutiveBoard
andtheremainingtwopositionswill
beseatedasunopposed.Theyare:
representationarecontestedwillreceive
requireballoting.IndependentsKevin
Seat1,RonBrown;Seat5,Lyndon
ballots.TheballotswillbemailedJune1
HintzandNeilaCarduswereunopposed
Jones;Seat7,CraigSpeers;Seat15,Linda
bytheAmericanArbitrationAssociation
forregions1and9,respectively.
Sano;Seat20,KevinKallin;Seat45,
(AAA)andmustbecompletedand
Electionswillbeheldbetween
AnthonyPace;Seat50,JoeGreenfield;
returnedtoAAAinNewYorkCityby5
challengerBonnieWoodandincumbent
Seat70,BillSachs;Seat75,SueKent;
p.m.June22forcountingJune23.The
DanConnorsforRegion2coordinator,and
Seat77,CarlosGarcia;Seat90,Christine
resultsofthoseelectionswillbereportedin
betweenchallengerKevinConleyand
Kleinegger;Seat80,DonMorgenstern;
theJuly-Augustissueof The
incumbentBobVaranoforRegion6
Seat81,GaleBaptiste-Graham;Seat100,
Communicator, andthenewofficersand
coordinator.
DavidEmig;Seat101,JimHassett;Seat
boardmemberswillalltakeofficein
Page8—TheCommunicatorJune2009
102,DougBegent;Seat105,George
August.
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