The Executive Committee administers affairs of the local, meeting monthly.
Executive Officer: Carl Hall
President: Niesha Gates
First Vice President: Lucy Flores
Vice President — Hawaii: Derrick DePledge
Vice President — California: Karl Fischer
Vice President — Interpreters: Michael Ferreira
Secretary: Steve Stallone
Treasurer: Dan Harper
Typographical Sector President: Gloria LaRiva
Representative Assembly
The Representative Assembly is the policy-making and legislative body of the local. It includes the Executive Committee, chairs of each bargaining unit and elected delegates from each unit. It meets quarterly.
Naomi Adelson (California Federation of Interpreters Unit)
Russ Bargman (Chair, ILWU Unit)
Tarone Bittner (NorCal Chair, UOU Unit)
Marc Cabrera (Chair, Monterey Herald Unit)
Russ Clemings (Co-Chair, Fresno Bee Unit)
Bethany Clough (Co-Chair, Fresno Bee Unit)
Karen DeSa (Co-Chair, San Jose Mercury News Unit)
Michelle Devera (Chair, San Francisco Chronicle Unit)
Marta Duncan (California Federation of Interpreters Unit)
Ed Fletcher (Chair, Sacramento Bee Unit)
Yesenia Godinez (SoCal Chair, UOU Unit)
Melanie Hallanan (Chair, California Labor Federation Unit)
Mark Emmons (Co-Chair, San Jose Mercury News Unit)
Kim Holder (Chair, Maui Bulletin Unit)
Wendy Isabell (Co-Chair, Maui News Unit)
Barbara Jaramillo (San Francisco Chronicle Unit)
Carolyn Jones (San Francisco Chronicle Unit)
George Kelly (Chair, BANG-EB Unit)
Rick Knee (Freelance Unit)
Lisa Krieger (San Jose Mercury News Unit)
Samantha Lubrani (California Federation of Interpreters Unit)
Howard Mintz (San Jose Mercury News Unit)
Derek Moore (Chair, Santa Rosa Press Democrat Unit)
Melissa Nakashima (Co-Chair, Maui News Unit)
Martha Paredes (California Federation of Interpreters Unit)
Dan Roach (San Jose Mercury News Unit)
Rebecca Rosen Lum (Chair, Freelance Unit)
Brad Sherman (Maui News Unit)
Marijke Rowland (Chair, Modesto Bee Unit)
Brad Sherman (Maui News Unit)
Leah Sherman (Maui News Unit)
Jeff Shuttlesworth (Chair, Bay City News Unit)
Rebeca Vera (California Federation of Interpreters Unit)
Laura Watson (Chair, UOU Unit)
Brett Wilkison (Santa Rosa Press Democrat Unit)
Myrna Yanez (California Federation of Interpreters Unit)
Norma Yanez (California Federation of Interpreters Unit)
Gemma Yosick (California Federation of Interpreters Unit)
Uri Yuval (California Federation of Interpreters Unit)
Susana Zollinger (California Federation of Interpreters Unit)