by Sarah Kain Gutowski, Chair, New Member Program
If you would like a particular issue brought to the attention of the FA (separate
from a grievance) your Executive Council Representative is the person you should contact.
An EC Representative's primary charge is to serve as a liaison
between the union's membership and its officers. You may have noticed, however, that our officers are pretty approachable and easy to speak to, so the other
significant function of the Executive Council is that it occasionally acts as a
decision-making, or governing, body within the union.
Because that's a fairly important
charge, EC Representatives are elected by members within their academic areas
(although some academic areas are grouped together). This is one of the reasons
it's so important to become a voting member of the union. (If you haven't yet,
please do!) You'll find the following list available also on the FA's web site under Contact information:
| Ammerman Campus Representatives |
| Area |
Representative |
| Nursing, Health & Human Services |
Lisa Aymong |
| Music, Art, Theater, Philosophy, Women Studies |
Alex Nohai-Seaman |
| Library Central |
Krista Gruber |
| Social & Behavioral Studies, Legal Studies |
Denise Haggerty |
| English |
Audrey Delong |
| Business Admin, Business Information Systems, Accounting |
Kevin McNamara |
| Biology & Physical Science |
Matt Pappas |
| Counseling |
Matt Zisel |
| Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Technology |
Mike Simon |
| Math |
Jane-Marie Wright |
| Communications |
Melanie Weinstein-Zeolla |
| Eastern Campus Representatives |
| Area |
Representative |
Science, Math, Social Science,
Business, Nursing, Culinary, PE |
Nic Pestieau |
| Library, Humanities, Counseling |
Teresa Morales |
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| PA / Specialists Representatives |
| Area |
Representative |
| Programmatic |
Maureen Arma |
| Instructional Labs |
Deb Kiesel |
| Technical Areas and Instructional centers |
Andrew Stone |
| Adjunct Representatives |
| Area |
Representative |
| At-Large PA & Specialists |
Maureen Sandford |
| Counseling & Education |
Vacant |
| Science & Engineering |
Doug Cody |
| Math |
Russell David |
| Social Science |
Vacant |
| PA, Specialist- Instructional Labs |
Joan Cook |
| Foreign Languages, ESL, ASL, Reading |
Marshal Stein |
| Retiree, Guild |
Christopher Gherardi |
| Nursing, PE, Health Science |
Adam Holtzer |
| English |
Katelynn Delduca |
| Humanities |
Michelle LaPorte |
| Culinary, Fire Protection Technology, Library, Electrical Tech, Drafting, Interior Design |
Pricilla Pratt |
| Business, Accounting, Communications, Telecom |
Vacant |
The Executive Council meets monthly
throughout the academic year to discuss the business of the union and its
membership. You can find the minutes of past EC meetings archived on the FA web site under Documents>>Executive Council Minutes.
Looking through some of these documents might give you a better idea of what
kinds of concerns the EC meetings cover.
And, if a spot on the EC is ever free
in your subject area, I strongly urge you to consider running for the position
of Representative. I was a member of the EC as an adjunct, representing the
English adjunct faculty, and I learned a lot about the union and our college in
my time there. Also, service as an EC Rep counts as College-Wide service, which
helps around promotion time.
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