Jun 8, 2015 Communications Workers of America Elect New National and District Leaders
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA ELECT NEW NATIONAL AND DISTRICT LEADERS
Updated 6/9/2015 9:37am
Christopher Shelton was elected the new president of the Communications Workers of America by acclamation of delegates to the union’s 75th convention
Sara Steffens was elected CWA secretary-treasurer.
Brooks Sunkett was re-elected vice president of the Public, Health Care and Education Workers sector.
Lisa Bolton was elected vice president of the Telecommunications and Technology sector.
Delegates also elected four at-large diversity members of the Executive Board:
Carolyn Wade, re-elected for the Northeast region; Vera Mikell elected for the Southeast region; Anetra Session elected for the Central region, and Frank Arce elected for the Western region.
In Districts 1 (New Jersey, New York and New England), delegates elected Dennis Trainor as vice president.
In District 3 (Southeast) delegates elected Richard Honeycutt as vice president
For District 2-13 (mid-Atlantic), District 4 (Midwest) and District 6 (Southwest), delegates re-elected Vice Presidents
Ed Mooney, Linda Hinton and Claude Cummings.
In District 7 (Plains, Mountain states and Northwest), delegates elected Brenda Roberts.
In District 9 (California, Nevada and Hawaii), delegates elected Tom Runnion