The Executive Board is the highest leadership body of our union. The primary role of our executive board is inspiring and motivating members into action-leaders who are passionate about devoting time and talent to building a leadership team within their worksite. Our executive board sets the vision and program of our union and encourages us to exercise our leadership potential.
Meg Niemi, President
Meg Niemi has served as the elected President of SEIU Local 49 since 2009. She, along with the democratically elected memers of the Executive Board, execute the union’s strategic work including strong representation, member involvement, bargaining, organizing and building community and political strength.
In the more than 20 years as a labor leader, Meg has bargained industry-leading contracts that provide good jobs, fair wages and job security for our members. Under her leadership, our union has doubled in size to over 13,000 members.
Prior to serving as the President of SEIU 49 she was Organizing Director at SEIU Local 49. She also has previous experience as the SEIU International Regional Coordinator in the NW, worked as the Assistant Organizing Director at SEIU-UHW and worked as a Field Representative with school employees. Meg currently serves on the SEIU International Executive Board.
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Vice-President Healthcare Cliff Pfenning, Kaiser Permanente |
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Vice-President Property Services Renato Quintero, Somers Building Maintenance |
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Secretary-Treasurer Paula McGuffey, Kaiser Permanente |
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Sergeant-At-Arms Wally Walls, Kaiser Permanente |
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Airport Seat Gladys Hernandez, Huntleigh |
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Allied Seat Ryan Bowser, GCA-OSU |
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Healthcare Seat Beth Swanson, Kaiser Permanente |
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Laundry Seat Mark Niemeyer, PHSC |
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Manufacturing Seat Tonya Bosworth, Pendleton Woolen Mills |
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Property Services Seat Lourdes Rodas, ABLE |
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Security Seat Linda Sporer, G4S Security |
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Coast Seat Lonn Martin, Columbia Memorial Hospital |
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Mid-Willamette Valley Seat Alicia Holihan, PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center |
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Southern Oregon Seat Rebecca Wagnon, Alsco Medford |
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SW Washington Seat Dawn Martin, Kaiser Permanente |
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GSRMC Seat Maria Nunez, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center |
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ABM Janitorial Seat Adela Maza, ABM |
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Emanuel Hospital Seat Jay Edward Brown, Legacy Emanuel Hospital |
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Columbia Memorial Seat Lisa Smith, Columbia Memorial Hospital |
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Kaiser Seat Juanita Kamhoot, Kaiser Permanente |
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Legacy Good Samaritan Seat Steven Allen Wong, Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center |
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McKenzie Willamette Seat Aaron Green, McKenzie Willamette Medical Center |
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PeaceHealth St. John Seat Heather Wightman, PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center |
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Relay Resources Seat Cynthia LaChester, Relay Resources |
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Sacred Heart Seat Rachel Dennis, PeaceHealth Sacred Heart |
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SBM Seat Genara Salas, Somers Building Maintenance |
North Willamette Valley Seat
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You can download a PDF of this list here in Spanish and English.
Updated June 25, 2020
