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Nominees: Board of Directors

Feb 22, 2008 - A total of 49 candidates are running for 22 seats on the SEIU 503 Board of Directors under the new board format created by General Council 2006.

Under the new Board structure, 12 members of the Board will be elected as Directors from geographic regions of the state and 10 will be elected by employment sector.

The change was made to assure diverse Board representation. Members will vote only for Directors in their region and sector.

There will be no separate election for Assistant Directors, or alternates. The next-highest vote recipient in a seat will be designated Assistant Director.

Ballots will be mailed to members March 10. The deadline for receipt of ballots at Salem headquarters is 5 pm March 31.

The nominees are:

Employment Sector: Seat 1. One member employed by the Oregon University System.

Candidates:  * Star Holmberg   * Maggie Neel

Employment Sector: Seat 2. One member employed by an agency in the Human Services Coalition.

Candidates:   * Nancy Padilla   * Rosalie Pedroza   * Catherine Stearns

Employment Sector: Seat 3. One member employed by an agency in the ODOT Coalition.

Candidates : * Cameron McGinnis * Cory McIntosh

Employment Sector: Seat 4. One member employed by an agency in the Specials Coalition.

Candidates:   * Robert Sisk  * Lea Spencer

Employment Sector: Seat 5. One member employed by an agency in the Institutions Coalition.

Candidates: * Dan Smith

Employment Sector: Seat 6. One member employed by a Local Government.

Candidates:   * Buck Eichler   * Mark Freimark   * Gary Wolf

Employment Sector: Seat 7. One member employed by a private non-private agency.

Candidates:  * Lisa Blasch   * Kristie Krinock   * Shaun Notdurft

Employment Sector: Seat 8. One member in the Client Employed Provider Program or a private home care agency.

Candidates:   * BG Gray   * Mary Wood

Employment Sector: Seat 9. One member employed by a nursing home.

Candidates:   * Carlotta Davison   * Bruce McCutcheon

Employment Sector: Seat 10. One member employed as a child care provider.

Candidates:  * Laurel Jones   * Portia Moye

Regional Seat 11: One member who works in the North Central/Eastern Oregon Region.

Candidates:   * Drucilla Califf   * Jenny Garner

Regional Seat 12: One member who works in the South Central/Eastern Oregon region.

Candidates:   * Bill Felton   * Anita Pecoff   * Jill Sipes

Regional Seat 13 : One member who works in the Southern Oregon region.

Candidates:   * Deborah Brown   * Sally Cumberworth   * Belinda Melendez

Regional Seat 14: One member who works in the Oregon Coast region.

Candidates: * Gary "Gus" Cole   * Janet Ferris   * Sandy Huckleberry   * Saundra Mies-Grantham

Regional Seat 15: One member who works in the West Central Valley Region.

Candidates:  * James Jacobson

Regional Seat 16: One member who works in the East Central Valley region.

Candidates:   * Deborah Dombrowski    * Deborra Ann Low

Regional Seat 17: Two members who work in the Greater Salem Region.

Candidates:   * Randy Davis   * Rosalie Pedroza

Regional Seat 18: One member who works in the West Salem/Polk County region.

Candidates:  * Trish (Black) Lutgen

Regional Seat 19: One member who works in the North Valley region.

Candidates:   * Rena Chapel   * Farrell Hopkins   * Carlie Jackson   * Phyllis Wills

Regional Seat 20: One member who works in the West Portland region.

Candidates:   * Mary Hubert-Godwin   * Gina Santacroce

Regional Seat 21: One member who works in the Greater Portland region.

Candidates:   * Wanda Eickhoff   * Holly Fries   * Kay Schneider

Candidates will be listed in randomized order on the ballots based on a formula developed by the Secretary of State. That order had not been determined as the 503 Voice went to press, thus they are listed here alphabetically.