Elections

Important Dates

Voting Period: July 9, 2025- July 16, 2025

Confirmed Candidates

Contested Positions

Vice President of Organizing

Lisa LaFreniere, Unit Secretary, McClure 4

Brett Rhodes, Unit Secretary/ LNA, McClure 5

*Voting will only occur for contested positions*

Uncontested Positions- Officers

President– Jacob Berkowitz, Staffing Office Specialist

Secretary– Melissa Lavallee, Admin/ Financial Assistant

Treasurer– Kenan Avdibegovic, Patient Support Services Lead

Vice President of Education/ Advocacy– Lou Levesque, Operations Support Specialist, Main Campus Neurology

Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion- Lindsey Moore, Admin Assistant

Grievance Chair– Betsy Brown, Call Center Lead

Grievance Chair– Shannon Lawrence, Medical Assistant, Neurosurgery

Uncontested Positions- Chief Stewards

Chief Steward at Large– Rob Reed, Unit Secretary, Baird 5

IDX/ Remote/ Call Center– Joe Colasurdo, Patient Access Specialist

IDX/ Remote/ Call Center– Becci Searle-Schrader, Senior Code Alert Operator

Environmental Services– Coumba Ba, Environmental Services Worker

Inpatient Mother/ Baby/ Child– Jessica Savard, Unit Secretary/ LNA, Baird 5

Inpatient Cardiology/ Critical Care– Mandy Landry, Unit Secretary/ LNA, McClure 4

Patient Support/ Guest Experience/ Staffing/ Others– Josh Shults, PSS Emergency Response Orderly

Nutrition Services (Main Campus)– Eric Leon, Line Chef

Nutrition Services (Main Campus)– Corey Gottfried, Line Chef

PeriOp– Charlene Spaulding, Unit Secretary, Operating Room

Distribution/ Materials– Jeremy Giroux, Distribution Shift Coordinator

UHC– Owen O’Neill, Clinical Care Associate, GIM Burlington

Shep/ ED/ Registration– Amanda Meltsner, Patient Access Navigator ED

Inpatient Medicine– Bethany Cloutier, Unit Secretary/ LNA, McClure 6

Descriptions of Officer and Board Member duties are outlined in Article V of the UVMMC Support Staff United constitution.

The division of departments that constitute Chief Steward groups can be found in Appendix A of the Constitution.