{"id":972,"date":"2020-10-30T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T22:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pef.org\/?page_id=972"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:39:14","slug":"union-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PEF statewide officers are elected every three years by active, dues-paying members of the union. When available, Triennial Election guidelines and petitions will be posted on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/elections\/\">Elections Page<\/a>. The current administration took office on Aug. 1, 2024.\u00a0 To contact any PEF elected officer, please use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this form<\/a> and be as specific as you can with your question(s).<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 210px\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px\">\n<th style=\"width: 25%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;height: 10px\">Office (Click for Bio)<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;height: 10px\">First Name<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 25%;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;height: 10px\">Last Name<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 37px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-president-wayne-spence\/\">President<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Wayne<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Spence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/pef-secretary-treasurer-joe-donahue\/\">Secretary-Treasurer<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Joe<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Donahue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 37px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-vice-president-bruce-giddings\/\">Vice President<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Bruce<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Giddings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 37px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-vice-president-randi-diantonio\/\">Vice President<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Randi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">DiAntonio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 39px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-vice-president-darlene-williams\/\">Vice President<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Darlene<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 39px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-trustee-muriel-hardy-lee\/\">Trustee<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Muriel<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Hardy-Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 39px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-trustee-mohan-radhakrishna\/\">Trustee<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Radhakrishna<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Mohan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 37px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-trustee-kelly-nadeau\/\">Trustee<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Kelly<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Nadeau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 37px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-region-1-coordinator-vince-cicatello\/\">Region 1 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Vincent<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Cicatello<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 37px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-region-2-coordinator-shelby-wisneski\/\">Region 2 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Shelby<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Wisneski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 131px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-region-3-coordinator-leisa-abraham\/\">Region 3 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Leisa<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Abraham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-region-4-coordinator-monica-moore\/\">Region 4 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Monica<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Moore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union-union-leadership-pef-region-5-coordinator-scott-staub\/\">Region 5 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Scott<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Staub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-region-6-coordinator-christopher-dunham\/\">Region 6 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Christopher<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Dunham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-region-7\/\">Region 7 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Barbara<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Stransky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-region-8-coordinator-danielle-bridger\">Region 8 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Danielle<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Bridger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-region-9-coordinator-gabriela-franklyn\/\">Region 9 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Gabriela<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Franklyn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-region-10-coordinator-tamara-martin\/\">Region 10 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Tamara<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Martin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/pef-region-11-coordinator-bernadette-oconnor\/\">Region 11 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">Bernadette<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 10px\">O\u2019Connor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;text-align: left;height: 10px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/region-12-coordinator-corinne-testa\/\">Region 12 Coordinator<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;text-align: left;height: 10px\">Corinne<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;text-align: left;height: 10px\">Testa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/members\/executive-board-council-leaders\/\">PEF Executive Board and Council Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/about\/department-directors\/\">PEF Departmental Directors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEF statewide officers are elected every three years by active, dues-paying members of the union. When available, Triennial Election guidelines and petitions will be posted on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/elections\/\">Elections Page<\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":7737,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-972","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Union Leadership - PEF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Union Leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PEF statewide officers are elected every three years by active, dues-paying members of the union. When available, Triennial Election guidelines and petitions will be posted on our Elections Page....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PEF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-03T14:39:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/\",\"name\":\"Union Leadership - PEF\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-30T22:00:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-03T14:39:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Get to Know Your Union\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Union Leadership\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/\",\"name\":\"PEF\",\"description\":\"New York State Public Employees Federation\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Union Leadership - PEF","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Union Leadership","og_description":"PEF statewide officers are elected every three years by active, dues-paying members of the union. When available, Triennial Election guidelines and petitions will be posted on our Elections Page....","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/","og_site_name":"PEF","article_modified_time":"2025-07-03T14:39:14+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/","name":"Union Leadership - PEF","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-10-30T22:00:18+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-03T14:39:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/union-leadership\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Get to Know Your Union","item":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/get-to-know-your-union\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Union Leadership"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/","name":"PEF","description":"New York State Public Employees Federation","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/pages\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/pages\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12809,"href":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/pages\/972\/revisions\/12809"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/noduslink\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}