USA Elections Board
Date: February 23, 2018 (Updated June 22, 2018)
TO: USA Executive Board; Chair, USA Communications Committee
From: USA Elections Board (Dave Litterer – Chair, Linda Merritt, Cindy Kicza, Lorie Gwozdzik, Matt Leber)
SUBJECT: Results of USA General Election, Spring, 2018
The results of the Spring 2018 USA General election are as follows (Winners in ALL-CAPS):
Total number who voted: 282. Total number eligible to vote: 941.
Executive Board
(minimum 2 votes required to win a seat)
Vice-President
261 SHEILA GILMOUR (Accepted)
Write-in: Linda Fish (2 votes), Charlene Galica, Linda Hillenbrand (1 vote each)
Chief Steward
Write-in: Dora Ramos (declined), Thor Hansen (Declined) (4 votes each), Linda Hillenbrand (Declined), Narda Wakoluk (Declined) (3 votes each), Linda Fish, Sheila Gilmour (Declined), Mikaela Ortstein (2 votes each); Charlene Galica, Daniel Moseley, Dave Litterer, Donna Vanasse, Jackie Bishop, Kelly Strickland, Leslie Marsland, Sandi Graves, Sara Weis, Souvann-Malis Loeung, (1 vote each); Invalid: 3 votes)
Stewards
(minimum 2 votes required to win a seat)
District 1:
17 LINDA FISH (accepted)
Write-in: None
District 2:
42 LINDA HILLENBRAND (accepted-resigned May 17, 2018)
Write-in: None
District 3:
39 MARCIE-LEE GALLO-
O’DONNELL (accepted)
Write-in: Charlene Galica (1 vote); Invalid (2 votes)
District 4:
27 MIKAELA ORTSTEIN (accepted – resigned 4-11-18)
Write-in: None
District 5:
Write-in: Invalid (2 votes)
District 6:
18 CHRIS HRASNA(accepted)
Write-in: None
District 7:
30 KAREN MARKHAM (accepted)
Write-in: None
District 8:
27 DORA RAMOS (Accepted)
Write-in: Mikaela Ortstein (1 vote)
District 9:
Write-in: THOR HANSEN (5 votes; Accepted);
Chris Hrasna, Courtney Kinney, Malini Sinha (1 vote)
MTA Annual Meeting (18 seats)
224 DAVE LITTERER (Accepted)
215 SHEILA GILMOUR (Accepted)
211 Leslie Marsland (declined***)
199 Linda Hillenbrand (declined-accepted
vacancy 4-2018)
190 LINDA FISH (accepted)
183 Sue Couture (Declined*)
175 VALERIE VASQUEZ-ALEXANDER (accepted)
165 DORA RAMOS (Accepted)
163 LINDA MERRITT (Accepted)
163 KELLEY STRICKLAND (Accepted)
155 JACKIE BISHOP (Accepted)
147 MICHELLE MCBRIDE (Accepted)
146 COURTNEY KINNEY (Accepted)
140 LISA FURTEK (Accepted)
136 Narda Wakkoluk (Declined)
134 JEAN CROSSMAN (Accepted)
129 HEATHER DEIRDRE (accepted)
Cancelled – 4-2018
125 SARA WEIS (accepted) Cancelled 4-2018
123 Sovann-Malis Loeung (Declined)**
106 MIKAELA ORTSTEIN (Accepted)
101 MELINDA NIELSEN (accepted)
101 HEATHER CASSIDY accepted)
Write-in: Charlene Galica (Declined), Chris Hrasna, Cindy Kicza, Karen Markham, THOR HANSEN (accepted) (1 vote each)
NEA Representative Assembly (6 Seats)
213 Leslie Marsland (declined)
193 Linda Fish (declined)
191 Linda Merritt (declined)
183 VALERIE VASQUEZ-ALEXANDER (Accepted)
180 DORA RAMOS (Accepted)
171 JACKIE BISHOP (Accepted)
123 SOVANN-MALIS LOEUNG (Accepted**)
Write-in: CINDY KICZA (8 votes; successor delegate accepted), CHARLENE GALICA (considering), Courtney Kinney, Dave Litterer, Donna Johnson, Jean Crossman, Kelley Strickland, Linda Hillenbrand, Lisa Furtek, Michelle McBride, Mikaela Ortstein, Narda Wakoluk, Sue Couture (1 vote each) (All other 1-vote-getters previously declined to run for NEA)
* Sue Couture will go if there is a seat available.
**Sovann Malis-Loeung was elected as an ethnic minority candidate (Cancelled 4-24-2018)
** Leslie Marsland won a seat as member of MTA Board