The contests for MTA President and Vice President, positions on the Board of Directors and seats on the Retired Members Committee will be decided at the upcoming Annual Meeting of Delegates.
Statements by candidates for MTA President — Erik J. Champy, Lamikco "Meka" Magee and Max Page — appear on Page 20, Page 21 and Page 22. Statements by candidates for Vice President — Donna Grady and Deb McCarthy — are on Page 23. Statements by candidates in races for contested Board seats are on Pages 24 and 25, and information on the Retired Members Committee contest is on Page 26. In all cases, statements are printed in ballot order.
The contested races for Board seats are as follows: Rachel Flaherty of the Tyngsborough Teachers’ Association and Adam Snodgrass of the Groton-Dunstable Educators Association are competing in District 12F; Amy Morin of the Lexington Education Association and Julia Norman of the Waltham Educators Association are competing in District 17G; Jackie Bishop of the University Staff Association at UMass Amherst and Dora Ramos of the University Staff Association at UMass Amherst are competing in District 48H; and MTA Retired members Kip Fonsh, Joe Herosy, and Bonnie Page are competing for two seats available for Statewide Retired seats.
Six candidates are vying for four seats on the MTA Retired Members Committee. They are Patrick Patterson, Rick Last, Ora Gladstone, Beverly Saccocia, Lois Powers and Kathy Greeley.
Candidates declared elected
All other candidates for the Executive Committee and the Board have been declared elected under the election waiver in the MTA Bylaws. The provision states that if there is only one candidate for an open position, the election will be waived and the candidate is declared elected. Terms on the Board and Executive Committee begin on July 1 and last for three years. The candidates declared elected because of the waiver are as follows:
Executive Committee
Region D: Jessica Wender-Shubow, Brookline Educators Union
Region E: Cynthia Roy, Bristol-Plymouth Teachers Association
Region H: Maria Hegbloom, Massachusetts State College Association
Board of Directors
District 10B: Tina Mansfield, Educational Association of Worcester
District 33C: June M.K. Gustafson, Hingham Education Association
District 41C: Brian Fitzgerald, Wareham Education Association
District 29D: Kyle Gekopi, Wellesley Educators Association
District 40E: Christopher Saulnier, Acushnet Teachers Association
District 16G: Diana Marcus, Burlington Educators’ Association
District 20G: Kimberly Auger, Everett Teachers Association
District 45H: Luis Rosero, Massachusetts State College Association
District 49H: Anneta Argyres, Professional Staff Union
Candidates who have been declared elected who provided photos are pictured with this article. Photos of candidates in contested races appear with their biographical statements if they were provided by the candidates.
