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Vice President of External Organizing Guy Marx, RN Regional Call Center Advice Nurse Guy has been involved in advocating for the rights of his colleagues since 1971. His past experience includes organizing a Quality Lab into the Bottler's Union at a soft drink manufacturer as well as helping to card sign Paramedics in St. Louis County to ensure they were able to join a Fire Fighter's Union.
Vice President of Health & Safety Jeffrey Harris Vice President of Leadership Development Kathy Schmidt, RN Kathy has been an RN for the past 32 years. She is currently employed in a float position at KSMC, providing care for the patients in the Critical Care Arena. She was hired into the Intensive Care Unit in 1978. Vice President of Legislative & COPE Melissa Pond, RN Chronic Conditions Case Manager Melissa is an active union steward and is currently the partnership labor representative for the Case Management work group. Melissa believes a union is only as strong as the members who are actively participating. She is dedicated to helping promote unity and transparency which are keys to a strong, democratic union. Melissa believes our influence can be strengthened when we raise our unified voice to bring awareness to those issues that drive excellence in patient care while preserving our work-life balance. Melissa is committed to a member-driven union. Vice President of Publications Nancy Amstad-Hite (DeVore), RN Kaiser Home Health for Continuing Care Services Nancy has worked as an RN at Kaiser since 1985. She started as a staff RN at KSMC and continued in an on-call capacity until December 2008. She has worked for Kaiser Home Health for Continuing Care Services for 15 years. Nancy has valuable bargaining experience. She was one of two nurses who bargained the original contract for Home Health/CCS in 2000, writing the original language for this department. She has been a steward since that time. Home Health/CCS is a strong multidisciplinary steward group who have been able to make many advances. Nancy has also worked well with other members outside of her bargaining unit and feels she is able to represent all of her union brothers and sisters. Vice President of Retirees Traci currently works as a Chronic Conditions Case Manager and as a Staff Nurse in the Post Anesthesia Unit at KSMC. She has 21 years of both Inpatient and Outpatient nursing experience at Kaiser. Traci is an active union steward and is an active member of the OFNHP Bargaining Council. She believes in transparency and consistent communication in all union activities. Traci has a desire to reach out to our retirees, to draw from their vast knowledge and experience, and utilize their energy to help in bargaining. Traci is dedicated to a member-driven union.
Guy joined Kaiser in 1981 as an RN in the Emergency Department at Bess Kaiser Hospital. He transferred to the KSMC ED in 1984, where he became a union steward representing nurses in contract issues. During the 1988 strike, Guy participated by distributing fliers and refreshments, and joining the picket lines at each location. He was also involved during this strike in rallies and work place actions to generate support for a better contract with improvements to pensions and benefits for all OFNHP members. He has participated on several Bargaining Teams in contract negotiations over the past years.
Guy has participated in organizing the Tech and Dental Hygienist Bargaining Units for OFNHP, and has volunteered in external organizing during the Legacy campaigns.
He was the first labor partner at KSMC, then with the Director of Quality, and most recently with the Senior Director of Contact Services.Guy is committed to a transparent, democratic union driven by the union membership.
Critical Care Float, KSMC
While working in that position, she became active with her colleagues in learning about collective bargaining and the search for a union to represent the RNs in the Kaiser Northwest region. She was a member of the organizing committee that chose the AFT as our national union and after winning union elections in both the hospital and the clinic, served on the 1979 bargaining team that negotiated the landmark first contract for the RNs.
In 1981, she was elected as OFNHP President and went on to serve until 2001 when she accepted a National Coordinator position with the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions. During her tenure as OFNHP President, she was the spokesperson for all the contract negotiations for OFNHP RNs, including the 1988 contract that brought the 58-day RN strike to an end. In 1992, she supported organizing the Kaiser Techs and Registered Dental Hygienists into OFNHP and negotiated the initial contracts for both groups. The last local contract negotiation she coordinated was in 2001 for the 900 members of the Kaiser NW Pro group, who had voted to join OFNHP.
While OFNHP President, Kathy also developed the role of the OFNHP steward and mentored hundreds of new leaders as they learned to unify their colleagues in achieving and enforcing excellent contracts. She looks forward to mentoring the next generation of union leaders to carry that important body of work forward.
Melissa has been a Registered Nurse for 15 years, most of them at Kaiser primarily in Ambulatory Care. Melissa has held positions at Kaiser ranging from Advice Nurse at East Interstate to multiple Case Management roles including Diabetes, Transitions, Chronic Conditions, and New Medicare Members.
Traci D'Andrea, RN
Chronic Conditions Case Management & Staff RN PACU, KSMC