SEIU - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Elected Officers Team
• Vice President

Job Titles:

• Executive Vice President
• Member of the Elected Officers Team

I have been with our union since 2006 and was first elected as Executive Vice President in 2018. My role at SEIU Healthcare 1199NW includes helping lead our new organizing work for nearly ten years, and working with members to win their union across the state. I've also worked with bargaining teams throughout the union as they win first contracts and raise standards. After seeing what's possible when we take united action, I am committed to helping build the strongest union possible, with an eye toward making sure we welcome our newest coworkers as members and maintain strong public sector chapters.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Elected Officers Team
• President

I am a psych nurse who was trained in London and worked at Harborview Medical Center. I have led our union as a member and an officer and now I'm serving as our union's President. I love supporting members in bargaining and in the legislature to win on staffing, breaks, call, and racial justice. I am ready to help us push for what we need. Our union is strong because of our members and my goal is to bolster and encourage members to engage and organize to make our workplaces just and equitable. I am motivated to figure out how workforce development and policy can help support our members' goals in every corner of our union. I have also served on the Biden Administration's Transition Covid-19 Advisory Board and been a voice on behalf of workers throughout the pandemic. Over the years, I have worked to make our union more accessible so we can bring more members together and unite to win bigger. In order to transform into the union we want to be, we need to build off what has made us strong and be ready to make changes where we can be stronger. I am ready to lead our union into a bright future.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Elected Officers Team
• Vice President

Job Titles:

• Executive Vice President
• Member of the Elected Officers Team

Throughout most of my almost 20 years in the union, I've worked with members at Swedish Medical Center as workers united to hold Providence accountable for quality care. So many of our healthcare systems have gotten bigger and bigger, and to what end? CEO paychecks get fatter, and staffing, supplies, and healthcare get worse. As management gets further from the bedside, it's up to us to figure out the best plan to hold them accountable. It will always mean workers uniting to take action, but when and where may change. We continue to learn these lessons together across the union and my hope is to help bring these lessons and experiences together.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Elected Officers Team
• Secretary - Treasurer

I come out of Swedish Medical Center, where I worked for over 20 years. My experience as a leader within our union and making lifelong connections with my co-workers, led me to understand that I needed to be advocating for everyone. The boss may have a lot of money but we have more power when we are prepared. I was part of the Fight for $15, helped organize new members to become part of our union, fought with workers for better standards for themselves and their patients and helped to lead 8,000 members on their strongest action ever, the strike at Swedish Medical Center. I am most passionate about creating a better workplace, communities, and lives for our members while creating strategies through the racial justice lens to build our union.