{"id":1920,"date":"2023-11-20T16:51:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T16:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/supportstaffunited.org\/?page_id=1920"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:51:26","slug":"our-executive-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/supportstaffunited.org\/?page_id=1920","title":{"rendered":"Our Executive Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Support Staff United Officers:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

President – Jacob Berkowitz,<\/strong> Staffing Office Specialist, <\/em>Jacob.Berkowitz@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>

Secretary – Melissa Lavallee,<\/strong> Admin\/Financial Assistant, <\/em>Melissa.Lavallee@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>

Treasurer – Kenan Avdibegovic,<\/span><\/strong> Patient Support Services Lead, <\/em>Kenan.Avdibegovic@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Vice President of Communications\/ Outreach – Jordan Bushway,\u00a0<\/span>Unit Sec\/ LNA, <\/em>Jordan.Bushway@supportstaffunited.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Lea Ann Macrery,\u00a0<\/b>Food Service Worker II, <\/em>Leaann.Macrery@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>

Vice President of Education and Advocacy –\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Eric Leon,\u00a0<\/span>Line Chef,\u00a0<\/em>Eric.Leon@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Vice President of Organizing – Brett Rhodes,<\/strong> Unit Sec\/ LNA,<\/em> Brett.Rhodes@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Grievance Co-Chair – Betsy Brown,<\/strong> Call Center Lead<\/i>, Betsy.Brown@supportstaffunited.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Grievance Co-Chair – Shannon Lawrence,<\/strong> Medical Assistant II, <\/em>Shannon.Lawrence@supportstaffunited.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Support Staff United Chief Stewards:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Chief Steward At-Large – Rob Reed,\u00a0<\/strong>Unit Secretary,\u00a0<\/em>Rob.Reed@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Chief Steward At-Large – Corey Gottfried, <\/strong>Line Chef, <\/em>Corey.Gottfried@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

IDX\/Remote\/Call Center – Becci Searle-Schrader,<\/strong> Senior Code Alert Operator, <\/em>Becci.Searle-Schrader@supportstaffunited.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>

IDX\/Remote\/Call Center – Joe Colasurdo,<\/strong> Patient Access Specialist, <\/em>Joe.Colasurdo@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Cost Centers: PASC UVMHN, Call Center, PFS Customer Services, Language Access Services, Mental Health Admin, OCV Member Services, Reg-Financial Clearance Center, Dept Cost Pool, Rehab Admissions<\/p>

Distribution\/Materials – Jeremy Giroux,<\/strong> Distribution Shift Coordinator, <\/em>Jeremy.Giroux@supportstaffunited.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Cost Centers: Distribution Center, Inventory Control, Laundry & Linen, Safety and Industrial Hygiene, Mail Room<\/p>

Peri Op – Charlene Spaulding,<\/strong> Unit Secretary, <\/em>Charlene.Spaulding@supportstaffunited.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Cost Centers: PreOp, PACU, MCHV OR, Anesthesiology, Comfort Zone, PreOperative Admissions, PeriOp Services<\/p>

Fanny Allen – Sue Kelley,<\/strong> LNA, <\/em>Sue.Kelley@supportstaffunited.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Cost Centers: Inpatient Rehab, Inpatient Rehab Therapies, Fanny Allen Nutrition, FP Walk-in Care, Pelvic Med, Diagnostic OP Radiology, Neurology Memory Center, Urology MOB, Audiology, Ctr-Dis-Comm, ROC, Psychological Serv<\/p>

Environmental Services – Coumba Ba, <\/strong>Envir Svcs Worker III, <\/em>Organize@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Environmental Services – Zak Farah, <\/strong>Envir Svcs Worker II,<\/em> Zak.Farah@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Cost Center: Environmental Services<\/p>

Inpatient Mother\/Baby\/Child Chief Steward – Jessica Savard, <\/strong>Unit Secretary\/LNA, <\/em>Jessica.Savard@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Cost Centers: Baird 5, Birthing Center, Mother-Baby, NICU, Pediatric Critical Care<\/p>

1 South Prospect (UHC) – Owen O’Neill, <\/strong>Clinical Care Associate,<\/em> Owen@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Cost Centers: Administration Neurology, VT Regional Sleep Center, Neurology Multiple Sclerosis, Development Philanthropy (UHC), Employee Health, GIM Burlington (UHC), Chemical Dependency (UHC), Pediatrics-Primary, Transplant, U-Child Psych, U-FM Administration, U-Nephrology, UVMHN Wellness, Primary Care Weekend (UHC), U-Surgery Admin, Seneca, Renal Administration, U-OB Administration, PsychiatryAdult Outpatient, UVMMC Admin, Medical Group Resource Pool<\/p>

Inpatient Cardiology\/Critical Care – Mandy Landry,<\/strong> Unit Sec\/LNA, <\/em>Mandy.Landry@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Cost Centers: MICU, SICU, Miller 3, Miller 4<\/p>

Shep\/ ED\/ Registration – <\/strong>Amanda Meltsner,<\/strong> Patient Access Navigator ED, <\/em>Amanda.Meltsner@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>

Cost Centers: Registration, Psychiatry Inpatient\/Consult, Emergency Room, Shep 3\/6<\/p>

Inpatient Medicine – Bethany Cloutier<\/strong>, Unit Secretary\/ LNA<\/em>, Bethany.Cloutier@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Cost Centers: McClure 6, Baird 3, Baird 4, Miller 5, Shep 3 North<\/p>

CPSA – Ingrid Rice,\u00a0<\/strong>CPSA, <\/em>Ingrid.Rice@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Cost Center: Resource CPSA<\/p>

Cancer\/Radiology Chief Steward – Teagan Cook,<\/strong> Operations Support Specialist Hem\/Onc Infusion, <\/span>Teagan.Cook@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Cost Centers: Radiation Therapy, Acute Therapy, Breast Imaging, Cancer Center Admin, Hem Onc Infusion, U-Hematology\/Oncology, Infusion Center, Interventional Radiology, Vascular\/Interven Radiology, Surgical Oncology, MG Radiation Oncology<\/span><\/p>

Inpatient Surg\/ Trauma Chief Steward – Rose Ploof,<\/strong> LNA-Advanced, Resource, Rose.Ploof@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/p>

Cost Centers: Miller 6, McClure 5, Baird 6, Resource Staff – LNA<\/p>

Nutrition Services (Main Campus) – Evan Leaf,\u00a0<\/strong>Food Service Worker II, Evan.Leaf@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>

Nutrition Services (Main Campus) – Giles Cheney, <\/strong>Food Service Worker II, Giles.Cheney@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>

Cost Centers: Dining Services, Main Kitchen, Main Street Cafe, Nutrition Services<\/p>

Cardiology\/Radiology – Sarah O’Donnell<\/strong>, Scheduling Specialist Senior, Sarah.ODonnell@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>

Cost Centers: Respiratory Care, Card Non Invasive, Cardiology, EP Services, McClure 1 CVU, Digital Imaging Services, Nuclear Medicine, Neuro Interventional Radiology, Magnetic Resonances, Radiology Communications, Radiology Physicians Admin, Comp Axial Tomograph, Diag Ultrasound, Diagnostic Radiology<\/p>

Lab\/Phlebotomy – Sam Medwin, <\/strong>Phlebotomy Technician I, <\/em>Sam.Medwin@supportstaffunited.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>

Cost Centers: Anatomic Pathology, Lab Outreach Reg Qual Ed, Pathology\/Lab, Lab Customer Support, Lab Phlebotomy, Lab Chemistry, Lab Cytology, Lab Gen Support, Lab Hematology, Lab Histology, Lab Microbiology<\/p>

Ortho – Angela LaPointe,\u00a0<\/strong>Therapy Support Specialist<\/em><\/p>

Cost Centers: Ortho Specialty Center, Ortho Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedics, Ortho San Remo, OT Driver Rehab, Food & Ankle\/Ortho San Remo, Upper Extremity, Total Joint, Spine, Sports, Physiatry, Rehab Therapies – OSC, Rehab Therapies<\/span><\/p>

Congratulations to our Executive Board, and we are so excited to work together to continue to build our union and defend our historic contract. The following positions remain vacant on our Executive Board:<\/p>