After serving in 2023-2024, three Coordinating Committee officers below were elected to a two-year term on June 14, 2024 by a vote of 65% of eligible members. Other officers and two new Stewards were confirmed in a November 2025 special election by a vote of 68% of eligible members. Thank you everyone for your service!
UFE Leadership, 2024-2026
| Coordinating Committee | Other Roles | Contact | |
| Julie Levin Russo | Co-Chair | Bargaining Team Labor-Management Team Grievance Committee |
julielevinrusso [at] gmail.com |
| Kyle Pittman | Co-Chair | Bargaining Team Labor-Management Team Grievance Committee |
kyle.mda [at] live.com |
| Leslie Flemmer | Communications Coordinator | leslieaf [at] gmail.com | |
| Paul McMillin (re-elected) |
Treasurer | Bargaining Team Labor-Management Team |
pauljs13 [at] gmail.com |
| Wenhong Wang | Stewards Council Coordinator | wen739565 [at] gmail.com | |
| Brad Proctor (re-elected) |
At-Large Representative | Bargaining Team Labor-Management Team Faculty Recruitment Initiative |
bradley.david.proctor [at] gmail.com |
| Jon Davies | At-Large Representative | Jonsdavies [at] gmail.com | |
| AJ Vane | Grievance Committee | reverse8dagaz [at] gmail.com | |
| Julia Zay | Faculty Recruitment Initiative | juliazay [at] gmail.com | |
| Shelby Hopkins (WEA Higher Ed Organizer) | Bargaining Team Labor-Management Team |
shopkins [at] washingtonea.org |
UFE Stewards Council
The Stewards Council encompasses the above positions plus the Stewards below, who jointly comprise “the legislative and policy making body of the UFE” according to our Bylaws. Among their official responsibilities, Stewards shall “approve UFE policies and objectives, establish guidelines and hear continuing reports on bargaining, maintain two-way UFE communication with union members, and organize and oversee the enrollment of new union members.” Please extend your gratitude to these individuals for their willingness to serve in this role! According to our updated Bylaws, Stewards are elected once and serve until their resignation or retirement.
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Steward Groups
We have organized all faculty in the bargaining unit (not just UFE members) into sections with an assigned Steward. You may hear from this person for outreach purposes, and you may contact this person if you have a question or issue regarding the contract, working conditions, or actions by management. (You are not limited to this liaison if you’d prefer to reach out to someone else.)
- Tacoma: Antony Levenda
- Oly Day last name A-C: Julie Levin Russo
- Oly Day last name D-H: Miranda Mellis
- Oly Day last name I-N: Paul McMillin
- Oly Day last name O-R: Brad Proctor
- Oly Day last name S-Z: Carolyn Prouty
- NPP, Washington Center, EPEP: Kyle Pittman
- MES, MiT: Mike Craw
- MPA, other Center Directors, Library Faculty: Wenhong Wang
- PaCE last name A-B: Madelyn George
- PaCE last name C-F: Leslie Flemmer
- PaCE last name G-P: Eric Stein
- PaCE last name R-Z: Ada Vane
- Floating: Jon Davies, Julia Zay, Richard Weiss
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PAST LEADERSHIP
UFE Stewards serving all or part of 2018-2024
- Steve Blakeslee
- Jon Davies
- Marla Elliott
- Leslie Flemmer
- Judith Gabriele
- Grace Huerta
- Paul McMillan
- Laurie Meeker
- Miranda Mellis
- Maria Isabel Morales
- Shawn Hazboun
- Brad Proctor
- Carolyn Prouty
- Liza Rognas
- Julie Levin Russo
- Suzanne Simons
- Rebecca Sunderman
- Thuy Vu
- Wenhong Wang
- Sandy Yannone
- Anthony Zaragoza
UFE Coordinating Committee, 2020-2022
Shawn Hazboun, Chair
Laurie Meeker, Vice Chair
Marla Elliott, Treasurer
Leslie Flemmer, Stewards Coordinator
Julie Levin Russo, Communications Coordinator
Judith Gabriele, At-Large Representative
Sandy Yannone, At-Large Representative
Jon Davies, Bargaining Team Chair
Grace Huerta, Bargaining Team
Brad Proctor, Bargaining Team
UFE Coordinating Committee, 2018-2020
Grace Huerta, Chair
Jon Davies, Vice Chair/Bargaining Team Chair
Laurie Meeker, Communications Coordinator
Marla Elliott, Treasurer
Sandy Yannone, Stewards Coordinator
Judith Gabriele, At-Large Representative
Julie Levin Russo, At-Large Representative
UFE Grievance Committee, 2019-2020
Jon Davies, Marla Elliott, Grace Huerta
UFE Bargaining Team, 2019-2020
Jon Davies (Bargaining Team Chair), Shawn Hazboun, Grace Huerta, Laurie Meeker, Julie Levin Russo & Gary McNeil (WEA Higher Ed Organizer)
UFE Labor Management Team, 2019-2020
Jon Davies (Bargaining Team Chair), Shawn Hazboun, Grace Huerta, Laurie Meeker, Brad Procter & Gary McNeil (WEA Higher Ed Organizer)
UFE Bargaining Team, 2015-2017
Jon Davies (bargaining team chair), Gary McNeil (WEA Higher Ed Organizer and lead negotiator), John Baldridge, Stephen Beck, Grace Huerta, Al Josephy, Laurie Meeker
UFE Bargaining Team, 2013-2015
Jon Davies (chair), Gary McNeil (WEA Higher Ed Organizer and lead negotiator), John Baldridge, Stephen Beck, Grace Huerta, Al Josephy, Laurie Meeker
UFE Bargaining Team, 2012-2013
Rebecca Sunderman (chair), Gary McNeil (WEA Higher Ed Organizer and lead negotiator), Jose Gomez, Grace Huerta, Laurie Meeker, Sarah Ryan
UFE Bargaining Team, 2008
Chuck Pailthorp (chair), Gery Gerst, Jose Gomez, Jeanne Hahn, Allen Standing Bear Jenkins, Laurie Meeker, Zahid Shariff, Rebecca Sunderman, Brian Walter,
Gary McNeil and Edward Taub [United Faculty of Washington State (WEA/AFT)]