2022 Board Candidates
As of March 2022, the following OSEA members have declared their candidacy. Delegates may make additional nominations from the Conference floor.
PRESIDENT
Lisa Gourley, Sweet Home Chapter 3 (incumbent)
Sarah Wofford, Rogue Community College Chapter 152
VICE PRESIDENT
Teri Jones, Coos Bay Chapter 33 (incumbent)
SECRETARY
Mary Hofer, Bend-La Pine Chapter 6 (incumbent)
ZONE II DIRECTOR
April Biancone, North Clackamas Chapter 71
Mitzi Hurt, Centennial Chapter 113
ZONE IV DIRECTOR
Sheila Waggoner, Eugene Chapter 1 (incumbent)
ZONE VI DIRECTOR
Lori Cole, Bend-La Pine Chapter 6
ZONE VII DIRECTOR
OPEN POSITION
Submit a Video
- Upload Video Files
- Include your full name and chapter in the ‘Name’ field. Email maggie@osea.org for assistance.
Release Forms
OSEA members are responsible for securing releases for their videos.
- Individual Release Form
- Include a release form signed by each adult, and the parent/guardian of each minor, whose face is identifiable in your video.
- Employer Release Form
- This form must be completed by the employer if your video is recorded on employer property and/or if your employer’s logo is visible.
LED 2019 Links
NOTE: This list will be periodically updated as we get closer to Legislative Education Day (LED):
Agendas
Maps/Directions
- Directions
- Parking guide
- Convention center site plan
- Convention center first-floor diagram
- Capitol area map
- Capitol diagrams
Tools
OSEA's bills this session
- HB 2643: Public employer assessments
- HB 2660: Unemployment insurance
- HB 2674: Clarity on outsourcing
- HB 2675: Double coverage/opt-out
- HB 2676: Special education funding
- HJM 3: IDEA funding
- Other bills we're tracking (3/3/19)
Oregon Legislature 101
Reference material
Additional Chapter Resources
Chapters can also access the following training opportunities provided by the OSEA State Office:
All In: Won’t Back Down
All In II
Conference Forms
Resolutions
Reports
Coming soon!
Kathie Tagwerker, 2022 Employee of the Year
Remembering Monica McCanna
Past Conferences
Never been to Conference? Check out our coverage of recent Conferences to see what you've been missing.
Conference 2016 Minutes
Year in Review 2017
Year in Review 2016
Employee of the Year ’17
Conference 2018 links
- Janus shapes delegates’ actions
- OSEA, AFT bridge financial gap
- 2018 State of Our Union
- Action on resolutions; elections
CONFERENCE 2018 VIDEOS
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CEW 2019
High Five for Classified!
2016 Endorsements
BALLOT MEASURES
CANDIDATES
- HD 1: Terry Brayer (D)
- HD 5: Pam Marsh (D)
- HD 6: Mike Moran (D)
- HD 8: Paul Holvey (D)
- HD 10: David Gomberg (D)
- HD 11: Phil Barnhart (D)
- HD 13: Nancy Nathanson (D)
- HD 14: Julie Fahey (D)
- HD 16: Dan Rayfield (D)
- HD 19: Larry Trott (D)
- HD 20: Paul Evans (D)
- HD 22: Teresa Alonso Leon (D)
- HD 23: Jim Thompson (I)
- HD 24: Ken Moore (D)
- HD 26: Ray Lister (D)
- HD 27: Sheri Malstrom (D)
- HD 28: Jeff Barker (D)
- HD 29: Susan McLain (D)
- HD 30: Janeen Sollman (D)
- HD 31: Brad Witt (D)
- HD 32: Deborah Boone (D)
- HD 33: Mitch Greenlick (D)
- HD 34: Ken Helm (D)
- HD 35: Margaret Doherty (D)
- HD 36: Jennifer Williamson (D)
- HD 37: Paul Southwick (D)
- HD 38: Ann Lininger (D)
- HD 40: Mark Meek (D)
- HD 41: Karin Power (D)
- HD 42: Rob Nosse (D)
- HD 43: Tawna Sanchez (D)
- HD 44: Tina Kotek (D)
- HD 45: Barbara Smith Warner (D)
- HD 46: Alissa Keny-Guyer (D)
- HD 48: Jeff Reardon (D)
- HD 49: Chris Gorsek (D)
- HD 50: Carla Piluso (D)
- HD 51: Janelle Bynum (D)
- HD 54: Gena Goodman-Campbell (D)
Work Shouldn’t Hurt
OSEA's landmark Work Shouldn't Hurt legal campaign addressed the toll on classified staff from difficult and sometimes dangerous student behavior. Starting with a series of investigative articles examining workplace violence by special needs students, it culminated in a new law and OSHA rules that were implemented in 2018. With the current education staffing crisis and the stress of the pandemic on both students and staff, this law is as relevant as ever.
OSEA Town Halls 2018
All OSEA members are invited to attend as OSEA President Tim Stoelb and Executive Director Rick Shidaker discuss the state of our union. They will update members on the current state of OSEA including our budget, membership counts, what we’re doing to control expenses and ongoing plans for member engagement opportunities this fiscal year.
All meetings are from 5–7 p.m.
Get connected!
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Member Assistance Fund
The Member Assistance Fund is a program within OSEA that provides emergency assistance to members in need due to death, serious illness, injury or disaster.
To apply, print the form, fill it out, have it signed by a chapter officer and faxed to the OSEA State Office at 503-588-8307.
Work Shouldn’t Hurt
OSEA's landmark Work Shouldn't Hurt legal campaign addressed the toll on classified staff from difficult and sometimes dangerous student behavior. Starting with a series of investigative articles examining workplace violence by special needs students, it culminated in a new law and OSHA rules that were implemented in 2018. With the current education staffing crisis and the stress of the pandemic on both students and staff, this law is as relevant as ever.
2018 Annual Reports
2016 Annual Reports
Chapter websites & Facebook pages
- Ashland Chapter 42
- Ashland Chapter 42 Facebook
- Baker Chapter 20
- Beaverton Chapter 48
- Beaverton Chapter 48 Facebook
- Bend-La Pine Chapter 6
- Bend-La Pine Chapter 6 Facebook
- CCCC Chapter 601 Facebook
- Centennial Chapter 113 Facebook
- Central Point Chapter 47 Facebook
- Corvallis Chapter 2
- Cottage Grove Chapter 32 Facebook
- David Douglas Chapter 40 Facebook
- Eugene Chapter 1
- Eugene Chapter 1 Facebook
- Gresham-Barlow Chapter 8 Facebook
- Harney County Chapter 75
- Head Start of Lane Co. Chapter 600
- Medford Chapter 15
- Medford Chapter 15 Facebook
- McMinnville Chapter 90 Facebook
- Mt. Hood CC Head Start Chapter 603
- North Clackamas Chapter 71
- NWRESD Chapter 101
- Oregon City Chapter 14
- Oregon City Chapter 14 Facebook
- Reynolds Chapter 37
- Reynolds Chapter 37 Facebook
- Rogue Community College Chapter 152
- Roseburg Chapter 21
- Sherwood Chapter 103
- Springfield Chapter 4 Facebook
- Springfield Chapter 4
- St. Helens Chapter 31 Facebook
- Tigard-Tualatin Chapter 51 Facebook
- Vernonia Chapter 67
- West Linn-Wilsonville Chapter 102
- Winston-Dillard Chapter 29 Facebook
- Woodburn Chapter 25
2016 Endorsements
BALLOT MEASURES
CANDIDATES
- HD 1: Terry Brayer (D)
- HD 5: Pam Marsh (D)
- HD 6: Mike Moran (D)
- HD 8: Paul Holvey (D)
- HD 10: David Gomberg (D)
- HD 11: Phil Barnhart (D)
- HD 13: Nancy Nathanson (D)
- HD 14: Julie Fahey (D)
- HD 16: Dan Rayfield (D)
- HD 19: Larry Trott (D)
- HD 20: Paul Evans (D)
- HD 22: Teresa Alonso Leon (D)
- HD 23: Jim Thompson (I)
- HD 24: Ken Moore (D)
- HD 26: Ray Lister (D)
- HD 27: Sheri Malstrom (D)
- HD 28: Jeff Barker (D)
- HD 29: Susan McLain (D)
- HD 30: Janeen Sollman (D)
- HD 31: Brad Witt (D)
- HD 32: Deborah Boone (D)
- HD 33: Mitch Greenlick (D)
- HD 34: Ken Helm (D)
- HD 35: Margaret Doherty (D)
- HD 36: Jennifer Williamson (D)
- HD 37: Paul Southwick (D)
- HD 38: Ann Lininger (D)
- HD 40: Mark Meek (D)
- HD 41: Karin Power (D)
- HD 42: Rob Nosse (D)
- HD 43: Tawna Sanchez (D)
- HD 44: Tina Kotek (D)
- HD 45: Barbara Smith Warner (D)
- HD 46: Alissa Keny-Guyer (D)
- HD 48: Jeff Reardon (D)
- HD 49: Chris Gorsek (D)
- HD 50: Carla Piluso (D)
- HD 51: Janelle Bynum (D)
- HD 54: Gena Goodman-Campbell (D)
Election 2016
What you can do to help:
• Post who you are voting for and why on Facebook.
• Talk with a family member about why education needs to be a priority.
• Post a list of endorsed candidates in your break room.
• Place a bumper sticker on your car.
• Volunteer to post lawn signs in your neighborhood (remember to ask your neighbors).
• Call 800-252-6732 to volunteer.
FAQs:
When will I receive my ballot?
Ballots for overseas and military voters were mailed on Sept. 24 and ballots for out-of-state voters on Oct. 10. All remaining ballots will be mailed Oct. 19-25.
When do I need to return my ballot?
Nov. 8. If mailing your ballot, do so before Nov. 4. You can drop off your ballot at a drop box location through Nov. 8.
- How do I find a ballot drop box?Visit sos.state.or.us/dropbox.
2018 Endorsements
2018 Candidate Endorsements
CANDIDATES
- SD 3: Jeff Golden (D)
- SD 4: Floyd Prozanski (D)
- SD 6: Lee Beyer (D)
- SD 7: James I. Manning (D)
- SD 8: Sara A Gelser (D)
- SD 10: Deb Patterson (D)
- SD 11: Peter Courtney (D)
- SD 13: Sarah Grider (D)
- SD 15: Chuck Riley (D)
- SD 17: Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D)
- SD 19: Rob Wagner (D)
- SD 20: Charles Gallia (D)
- SD 24: Shemia Fagan (D)
- SD 26: Chrissy Reitz (D)
- HD 1: Shannon M Souza (D)
- HD 5: Pam Marsh (D)
- HD 6: Michelle Blum Atkinson (D)
- HD 7: Christy Inskip (D)
- HD 8: Paul Holvey (D)
- HD 9: Caddy McKeown (D)
- HD 10: David Gomberg (D)
- HD 11: Marty Wilde (D)
- HD 13: Nancy Nathanson (D)
- HD 14: Julie Fahey (D)
- HD 15: Jerred Taylor (D)
- HD 16: Dan Rayfield (D)
- HD 17: Renee Windsor-White (D)
- HD 19: Mike Ellison (D)
- HD 20: Paul Evans (D)
- HD 21: Brian Clem (D)
- HD 22: Teresa Alonso Leon (D)
- HD 23: Danny Jaffer (D)
- HD 25: Dave McCall (D)
- HD 27: Sheri Malstrom (D)
- HD 28: Jeff Barker (D)
- HD 29: Susan McLain (D)
- HD 30: Janeen Sollman (D)
- HD 31: Brad Witt (D)
- HD 32: Tiffiny Mitchell (D)
- HD 33: Mitch Greenlick (D)
- HD 34: Ken Helm (D)
- HD 35: Margaret Doherty (D)
- HD 36: Jennifer Williamson (D)
- HD 37: Rachel Prusak (D)
- HD 38: Andrea Salinas (D)
- HD 40: Mark Meek (D)
- HD 41: Karin Power (D)
- HD 42: Rob Nosse (D)
- HD 43: Tawna Sanchez (D)
- HD 44: Tina Kotek (D)
- HD 45: Barbara Smith Warner (D)
- HD 46: Alissa Keny-Guyer (D)
- HD 47: Diego Hernandez (D)
- HD 48: Jeff Reardon (D)
- HD 49: Chris Gorsek (D)
- HD 50: Carla Piluso (D)
- HD 51: Janelle Bynum (D)
- HD 52: Anna K Williams (D)
- HD 53: Eileen Kiely (D)
- HD 55: Karen Rippberger (D)
- HD 56: Taylor Tupper (D)
- HD 57: Greg Smith (R)
Gov’t Relations links
More OSEA News
- Message from the President: That’s a Wrap on Conference 2023 June 25, 2023
- Legislative Victory! Unemployment Access for All Begins Jan. 2024 June 14, 2023
- OSEA Government Relations Update May 24, 2023
- Congratulations to the 2023 MIP-Winning Chapters! May 24, 2023
- OSEA Member Zandra Jansma Named 2023 Oregon ESP of the Year May 24, 2023
In This Issue (Vol. 70, Issue 1)
Top Stories
- Proud to Stand With You as OSEA President by OSEA President Sarah Wofford
- OSEA Fights for Stronger State, Federal Protections from Violent Student Behaviors
State News
- OSEA Board Member, ACLU Win Victory for Free Speech in Newberg
- Make a Difference on an OSEA Committee
- Save the Date for Legislative Education Day, March 5-6
Election 2022
Conference 2022 Recap
In This Issue (Vol. 70, Issue 2)
Top Stories: Building Our Future
- A New Year Brings New Opportunities, by OSEA President Sarah Wofford
- Big Wins in Bargaining for OSEA Chapters
State News
- Rep. Courtney Neron Shadows OSEA NWRESD Chapter 101 Members on the Job
- Remembering OSEA Lifetime Member Mark Petersen
- Leadership Summit V will be Feb. 4
- OSEA Welcomes New Staff
2023 Legislative Priorities
Conference 2023
- Conference 2023 Scheduled for June 22-24
- Nominate a Member to be Zone Director
- Conference Resolution Deadline: Feb 1, 2023 — Submit Yours Now
Awards & Scholarships
In This Issue (Vol. 70, Issue 3
Top Stories: Together We Shine
- OSEA Members Are Powerful When We Get Together, by OSEA President Sarah Wofford
- Diversity Over Division in Beaverton
Conference 2023
- Together We Shine: Conference 2023 is June 22-24
- OSEA Board Candidate’s Statement
- Three Resolutions Will Go Before Conference Delegates
State News