OFFICERS
The Officers listed below comprise the
Washington State Labor Council's Executive Board,
which establishes the WSLC's policies and priorities between conventions. They are elected to
4-year terms by the affiliated union organizations.

STAFF
(Click the names for biographies.)

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Communications Director 
Kathy Cummings
kcummings@wslc.org

Special Assistant to the President
Jeff Johnson
jgjohnson@wslc.org

Governmental Affairs Director

Rebecca Johnson

rjohnson@wslc.org

Political Director
Benjamin Lawver blawver@wslc.org 

Field Mobilization Director
Lori Province 
lprovince@wslc.org 

WIA Labor Liaison
Bill Messenger 
bmessenger@wslc.org

Community & Technical Colleges Liaison
Kairie Pierce
kpierce@wslc.org

Project Help Director
Vicky Smith
vsmith@wslc.org

Accounting Manager
Bernice Vance
bvance@wslc.org

SUPPORT STAFF

Administrative Assistant to the President
Janet Hays
jhays@wslc.org

Publicatioans Corrdinator
Kamaria Hightower
khightower@wslc.org

Project Help Claims Specialist
Viona Latschaw
vlatschaw@wslc.org

Accounts Payable
Robert New
rnew@wslc.org

Office Coordinator/Admin. Assistant to the Sec.-Treasurer
Karen White
kwhite@wslc.org

Receptionist

DeShawndra Stringer

dstringer@wslc.org

PRESIDENT

Rick S. Bender
rbender@wslc.org 

SECRETARY-
TREASURER

Alan O. Link
alink@wslc.org

VICE PRESIDENTS

By Constitution, 19 Vice Presidents are elected by district to the WSLC Executive Board.  In addition, At-Large Vice Presidents represent any international union that pays per capita on 10,000 or more rank-and-file members, if that union is not already represented on the board.  AFL-CIO affiliated constituency groups also have Vice Presidents appointed to represent their unique interests.

First District

Mark Blondin, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (Seattle)
Chris Elwell, United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters (Tukwila)
David Freiboth, Inlandboatmen's Union, PSR/IBU (Seattle)
Sharon McCann, United Food and Commercial Workers (Seattle)
Sandra Schroeder, AFT Washington (Seattle)

Second District

Darrell Chapman, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Everett)
Allan Darr, International Union of Operating Engineers (Bothell)
Don Houtchens, USW - United Steelworkers of America (Ferndale)

Third District

Cager Clabaugh, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (Vancouver)
Bob Guenther, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Centralia)
Mike Phillips, International Association of Fire Fighters (Vancouver)

Fourth District

Rick Barrickman, International Union of Operating Engineers (Othello)
Howard Ocobock, WFSE, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (Yakima)
Mark Reavis, Laborers International Union of North America (Pasco)

Fifth District

Kandy Kraig, WFSE, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (Spokane)
Beth Thew, Communications Workers of America (Spokane)

Sixth District

Rick Johnson, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Port Townsend)
Vance Lelli, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (Tacoma)
Patty Rose, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Tacoma)

At-Large Vice Presidents

Kristin Farr, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers

Constituency Groups

Art Boulton, Alliance for Retired Americans
James Davis, A. Philip Randolph Institute
Andrea deMajewski, Pride at Work
Fred Monroe, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Ligia Velazquez, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Mari Wyatt, Coalition of Labor Union Women