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

Political Director
Karen Deal
kdeal@wslc.org 

WIA :Labor Liaison
Caitlyn Felling 
cfelling@wslc.org 

Publications Director
David Groves 
dgroves@wslc.org 

Governmental Affairs Director

Rebecca Johnson

rjohnson@wslc.org

Project Help Director
Viona Latschaw
vlatschaw@wslc.org

WIA Labor Liaison
Bill Messenger 
bmessenger@wslc.org

Legislative and Policy Director
Teresa Mosqueda 
tmosqueda@wslc.org 

K-12 Apprenticeship Director
Kairie Pierce
kpierce@wslc.org

Field Mobilization Director
Lori Province 
lprovince@wslc.org 

Accounting Manager
Bernice Vance
bvance@wslc.org

SUPPORT STAFF

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

Executive Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer
Kamaria Hightower
khightower@wslc.org

Accounts Payable
Robert New
rnew@wslc.org

Project Help Claims Specialist
Kathy Petruzzelli
kpetruzzelli@wslc.org 

Secretary
Karen White
kwhite@wslc.org   

PRESIDENT

Jeff Johnson

SECRETARY-
TREASURER

Lynne Dodson

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

Todd Crosby, United Food and Commercial Workers (Seattle)

David Freiboth, Inlandboatmen's Union, PSR/IBU (Seattle)

Lee Newgent, International Association of Iron Workers (Tukwila)

Sandra Schroeder, AFT Washington (Seattle)

Tom Wroblewski, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (Seattle)

SECOND DISTRICT

Darrell Chapman, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Everett)

Don Houtchens, USW - United Steelworkers of America (Ferndale)

Robert James, National Association of Letter Carriers (Lynnwood)

THIRD DISTRICT

Bob Guenther, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Centralia)

Tim Pfeifer, Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers (Longview)

Shannon Walker, International Association of Machinists (Vancouver)

FOURTH DISTRICT

Rick Barrickman, International Union of Operating Engineers (Othello)

Eric Thrift, Laborers International Union of North America (Wenatchee)

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 PRESIDENT

David Baine, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers

CONSTITUENCY GROUPS

James Davis, A. Philip Randolph Institute

Robby Stern, Alliance for Retired Americans

Bob Hasegawa, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance

Lee Malinda, Pride at Work

Fred Monroe, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Mari Wyatt, Coalition of Labor Union Women