UNION ELECTION RESULTS
1199SEIU LEADERSHIP RE-ELECTED
SEIU Pres. Mary Kay Henry swore in 1199SEIU officers at June ceremony. PRESIDENT George Gresham 20,223 SECRETARY-TREASURER Maria Castaneda 20,113 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS Norma Amsterdam 16,691 Yvonne Armstrong 16,524 Angela Doyle 16,271 Aida Garcia 17,204 George Kennedy 16,938 Steve Kramer 16,071 Patrick Lindsay 16,266 Joyce Neil 16,082 John Reid 16,000 Bruce Richard 15,999 Mike Rifkin 16,049 Neva Shillingford 15,561 Milly Silva 16,338 Veronica Turner 16,551 Estela Vazquez 17,084 UNION-WIDE VICE PRESIDENTS AT LARGE Mark Bergen 16,898 Gerard Cadet 16,004 Rickey Elliot 16,215 Tim Foley 16,114 Pearl Granat 15,850 Vanessa Johnson 17,344 Pat Lippold 15,601 Bruce Popper 15,762 Barbara Rosenthal 16,688 Minerva Solla 16,628 Celia Wcislo 15,925 UNION-WIDE ORGANIZERS AT-LARGE Lystra Campbell 17,467 Anthony Peterson 18,340 HS 1 BROOKLYN INDEPENDENTS VICE PRESIDENT Elsie Otero 239 HS 1 BROOKLYN INDEPENDENTS ORGANIZER Lytton Perez 247 HS 1 BROOKLYN INDEPENDENTS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Osborne Walker 242 HS 1 CATHOLIC 1 / CARITAS VICE PRESIDENT Coraminita Mahr 332 HS 1 CATHOLIC 1 / CARITAS ORGANIZER Ann Marie Edwards 330 HS 1 CATHOLIC 1 / CARITAS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Serge Compere 317 HS 1 MAIMONIDES/LUTHERAN VICE PRESIDENT Rhadames Rivera 364 HS 1 MAIMONIDES/LUTHERAN ORGANIZER James Tucker 348 Al Ruiz 129 HS 1 MAIMONIDES/LUTHERAN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER David Holmes 369 HS 2 LIJ / NORTHSHORE VICE PRESIDENT Denise Allegretti 533 HS 2 LIJ / NORTHSHORE ORGANIZERS Trevor Spencer 504 Margaret West Allen 514 HS 2 LIJ / NORTHSHORE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Joseph Davis 520 HS 2 QUEENS INDEPENDENTS VICE PRESIDENT Gerard Nordenberg 471 HS 2 QUEENS INDEPENDENTS ORGANIZERS Eunice Forde 418 Joan Stadler 423 Desmond Gobin 176 HS 2 QUEENS INDEPENDENTS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Margaret Paul 489 HS 3 CATHOLIC 2 VICE PRESIDENT Jacqueline Alleyne 197 HS 3 CATHOLIC 2 ORGANIZER Ramon Ithier 187 HS 3 CATHOLIC 2 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Jerlena Palmer 187 HS 3 NYH / PRESBYTERIAN 1 VICE PRESIDENT Fernando Wilson 419 HS 3 NYH / PRESBYTERIAN 1 ORGANIZER Ethel James 361 Lawrence M. Porter 122
Last April 1199SEIU members voted to re-elect Pres. George Gresham and Secretary Treasurer Maria Castaneda to a three year term leading the Union. Reflecting 1199SEIU’s explosive growth, members cast ballots for representation in some 52 areas of the Union. An election board comprised of 20 members and 20 alternates was appointed by the Executive Council. Officers, Executive Council members and organizers were sworn in at a joint delegate assembly in New York City in June. The American Arbitration association (AAA) counted a total of 24,165 ballots in the mailed ballot election. The AAA-certified results below show the number of votes received by each candidate. The names of defeated candidates appear in tinted color. HS 3 NYH / PRESBYTERIAN 1 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Maurice De Palo 405 HS 3 NYH / PRESBYTERIAN 2 VICE PRESIDENT Antonio Howell 293 HS 3 NYH / PRESBYTERIAN 2 ORGANIZER Larry Wilds 288 HS 3 NYH / PRESBYTERIAN 2 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Jeanette Harper 294 HS 3 SSA VICE PRESIDENT Victor Rivera 63 HS 3 SSA ORGANIZER Bennet Battista 65 HS 3 SSA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Sherry Coulibaly 59 HS 4 A-MANHATTAN INDEPENDENTS / CITY OF NEW YORK VICE PRESIDENT Donald Crosswell 445 HS 4 A-MANHATTAN INDEPENDENTS / CITY OF NEW YORK ORGANIZER Joan Carter 442 HS 4 A-MANHATTAN INDEPENDENTS / CITY OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Mullin Davis 419 HS 4 B-MANHATTAN INDEPENDENTS / CITY OF NEW YORK VICE PRESIDENT Luna Winslow 277 HS 4 B-MANHATTAN INDEPENDENTS / CITY OF NEW YORK ORGANIZER Artis Thornton 275 HS 4 B-MANHATTAN INDEPENDENTS / CITY OF NEW YORK EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Jennifer Rougier 269 HS 4 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS VICE PRESIDENT Vasper Phillips HS 4 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS ORGANIZER Yvette Gomes 187 HS 4 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Regina Grissom 177 HS 5 CAPITAL REGION NORTH VICE PRESIDENT Rosa Maria Lomuscio 107 HS 5 CAPITAL REGION NORTH ORGANIZER Ana Vazquez 105 HS 5 CAPITAL REGION NORTH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Gail Cook 98 HS 5 CAPITAL REGION SOUTH VICE PRESIDENT Cynthia Wolff 65 HS 5 CAPITAL REGION SOUTH ORGANIZER Leslie Lofrese 69 HS 5 CAPITAL REGION SOUTH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Elizabeth Richardson 71 HS 5 HUDSON VALLEY NORTH VICE PRESIDENT Lisa Brown 187 HS 5 HUDSON VALLEY NORTH ORGANIZERS Erica Callendar 178 Barbara Lewis 191 HS 5 HUDSON VALLEY NORTH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER John Rusinko 194 HS 5 HUDSON VALLEY SOUTH VICE PRESIDENT Maria Kercado 240 HS 5 HUDSON VALLEY SOUTH ORGANIZER Patrick Forde 245 HS 5 HUDSON VALLEY SOUTH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Carmenta Dawkins 235 HS 5 PHARMACEUTICAL / HUMAN SERVICES VICE PRESIDENT Laurie Vallone 393 HS 5 PHARMACEUTICAL / HUMAN SERVICES ORGANIZERS Richard Bonelli 360 Roger Cumberbatch 329 HS 5 PHARMACEUTICAL / HUMAN SERVICES EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Victor Jimenez 374 HS 6 CONTINUUM VICE PRESIDENT Ronnie Babb 441 HS 6 CONTINUUM ORGANIZERS Manuel Leon 427 Ken Telford 406
HS 6 CONTINUUM EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Jacynth Stewart 448 HS 7 MONTEFIORE VICE PRESIDENT Gladys Wrenick 478 HS 7 MONTEFIORE ORGANIZERS Keith Johnson 441 Ivan Ruiz 447 HS 7 MONTEFIORE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Barbara Fant 470 HS 7 CENTRAL NEW YORK VICE PRESIDENT Ruth Heller 713 Monica Williams 193 HS 7 CENTRAL NEW YORK ORGANIZER Kevin Lockhart 662 HS 7 CENTRAL NEW YORK EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS Geraldine Hopewell 564 Susan Robedee 539 Benita Thompson 164 HS 7 NORTH COUNTRY VICE PRESIDENT Kathleen Tucker 138 HS 7 NORTH COUNTRY ORGANIZER Tracy Tupper 137 HS 7 NORTH COUNTRY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Patrick Sullivan 151 HS 7 WESTERN NEW YORK HOSPITALS VICE PRESIDENT James Scordato 331 HS 7 WESTERN NEW YORK HOSPITALS ORGANIZER Tracey Harrison 340 HS 7 WESTERN NEW YORK HOSPITALS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS Karen Kyle 311 William Scott 301 HS 7 WESTERN NEW YORK NURSING HOMES VICE PRESIDENT Todd Hobler 172 HS 7 WESTERN NEW YORK NURSING HOMES ORGANIZER Dana Alas 166 HS 7 WESTERN NEW YORK NURSING HOMES EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Safa Muhammad 161 HS 8 BRONX INDEPENDENTS VICE PRESIDENT Mary Whitten 386 HS 8 BRONX INDEPENDENTS ORGANIZERS Michael Heath 356 Aida Morales 376 HS 8 BRONX INDEPENDENTS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Tom Cloutier 393 HS 8 MT. SINAI/NYU VICE PRESIDENT Saily Cabral 350 Henry King 312 HS 8 MT. SINAI/NYU ORGANIZERS Barbara Nelson 356 Henry Williams 335 Lennox Callender 223 Sandra Thomas 196 Emma Allen 40 Rafael Mendez 64 HS 8 MT. SINAI/NYU EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Frank Browne 354 Rosa Diaz 277 HOME CARE A VICE PRESIDENT Rona Shapiro 2502 HOME CARE A ORGANIZERS Ana Dubovici 2111 Ivette Garcia 2489 HOME CARE A EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS Sandra Gonzalez 2485 Elena Safonova 2116 HOME CARE B VICE PRESIDENT Carolyn Brooks 1946 HOME CARE B ORGANIZERS Cynthia Neita 1887 Sheron Whitter 1597 HOME CARE B EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS Wadyah Hassan 1572 Rachel Younger 1850 HOME CARE C VICE PRESIDENT Keith Joseph 1485 HOME CARE C ORGANIZERS Guadalupe Astacio 1457 Juanita Perkins 1371
HOME CARE C EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS Barbara Johnson 1473 Lorna Selwood 1171 HOME CARE D VICE PRESIDENT Kwai Kin (David) Ho 838 HOME CARE D ORGANIZER Tunde Weekes 551 HOME CARE D EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Arturo C. Villacis 557 HOME CARE E VICE PRESIDENT Rene R. Ruiz 849 HOME CARE E ORGANIZER Vladimir Fortunny 847 HOME CARE E EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Phyllis Smith 816 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / BMC / COMMUNITY VICE PRESIDENT Tyrek D. Lee 232 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / BMC / COMMUNITY ORGANIZER Ellen Norton 217 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / BMC / COMMUNITY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Cari Rivera 209 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / CAPE / SOUTHEAST VICE PRESIDENT Jerry Fishbein 144 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / CAPE / SOUTHEAST ORGANIZER Marie Elder 137 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / CAPE / SOUTHEAST EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Tammy Lawler 131 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / CARITAS / NORTHSHORE VICE PRESIDENT Enid Eckstein 66 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / CARITAS / NORTHSHORE ORGANIZER Maryellen Leveille 71 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / CARITAS / NORTHSHORE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Cynthia Bates 64 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / NURSING HOME VICE PRESIDENT Mike Fadel 60 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / NURSING HOME ORGANIZER Herbert Jean-Baptiste 64 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / NURSING HOME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Andrea Smith Dos-Santos 56 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / PCA VICE PRESIDENT Rebecca Gutman 497 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / PCA ORGANIZER Myra Badillo 436 Vaughn Goodwin 419 Jose Perez 449 MASSACHUSETTS REGION / PCA EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Denise Leschenier 500 MARYLAND /DC REGION / BALTIMORE HOSPITALS VICE PRESIDENT Armeta Dixon 93 MARYLAND/DC REGION / BALTIMORE HOSPITALS ORGANIZER Lisa Epps 96 MARYLAND/DC REGION / BALTIMORE HOSPITALS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Annie Henry 92 MARYLAND/DC REGION / LONG TERM CARE VICE PRESIDENT Antoinette Turner 65 MARYLAND/DC REGION / LONG TERM CARE ORGANIZER Charles Hall 78 MARYLAND/DC REGION / LONG TERM CARE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Marjorie Taylor 68 MARYLAND/DC REGION / RN / DC / PG HOSPITALS VICE PRESIDENT Katherine Taylor 82 MARYLAND/DC REGION / RN / DC / PG HOSPITALS ORGANIZER Lisa Wallace 95 MMARYLAND/DC REGION / RN / DC / PG HOSPITALS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS Alma Ames 77 Mary Theresa Anderson 74 NEW JERSEY A VICE PRESIDENT Rhina Molina 129
NEW JERSEY A EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Jeanitha Louigene NEW JERSEY B VICE PRESIDENT Roy Garcia NEW JERSEY B EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Louise Wilson NEW JERSEY C VICE PRESIDENT Clauvice St. Hilaire NEW JERSEY C EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Marie St. Germain NURSING HOME A VICE PRESIDENT Nelson Valdez NURSING HOME A ORGANIZER Clare Joseph NURSING HOME A EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Denise Wray NURSING HOME B VICE PRESIDENT Allan Sherman NURSING HOME B ORGANIZER Shaywaal Amin Mavis Foreman NURSING HOME B EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Marcus Victory NURSING HOME C VICE PRESIDENT Isaac Nortey NURSING HOME C ORGANIZER Noreen Wray Roach NURSING HOME C EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Kervin Campbell NURSING HOME D VICE PRESIDENT Patricia Smith NURSING HOME D ORGANIZER Francine Guthrie NURSING HOME D EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Ronald Reid NURSING HOME E VICE PRESIDENT Frances Gentle NURSING HOME E ORGANIZER Lloyd Maul NURSING HOME E EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Fred Hicks NURSING HOME F VICE PRESIDENT Greg Speller NURSING HOME F ORGANIZER Jeannie Pack NURSING HOME F EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Annie Bryant NURSING HOME H VICE PRESIDENT Dalton Mayfield NURSING HOME H ORGANIZER Charlotte Hackett NURSING HOME H EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Millicent Peterkin Hugo Quinteros NURSING HOME I VICE PRESIDENT Daine Williams NURSING HOME I ORGANIZER William Kee NURSING HOME I EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Judy Sadeli NURSING HOME J VICE PRESIDENT John Seales NURSING HOME J ORGANIZERS Denese Jones Linda Pizzi NURSING HOME J EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Jacqueline Jones RN A VICE PRESIDENT Clare E. Thompson RN A ORGANIZERS Denise Campo Jens Hauge RN A EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Elizabeth Akong RN B VICE PRESIDENT Anne Jacobs Moultrie RN B ORGANIZER Nadine Williamson RN B EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER Erica Broussard
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