National Staffing Oversight Committee Members
The 2023 National Agreement between Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Permanente Unions creates a timeline and process for joint staffing work. These are the members of the National Staffing Oversight Committee:
Quad Chairs
- Georgette Bradford, Committee Co-Chair, SEIU-UHW Executive Committee Member, Contract Specialist, AFRAM President, Northern California
- JJ Cassa, Committee Co-Chair, Director, LMP Programs, Colorado
- Jerry Spicer, Committee Co-Chair, Regional CNE & VP Regional Patient Care Services, Southern California and Hawaii
- Chad Sullivan, Committee Co-Chair, Coalition National Field Coordinator, Northwest
Facilitator
- Ian King, Committee Facilitator, Senior Director, LMP Programs and Analytics, Office of Labor Management Partnership
Members (by region)
- JJ Cassa, Director, LMP Programs, Colorado
- Shelly Fowlkes, Local 105 Labor Liaison, SEIU Local 105, Colorado
- Linda Bridges, President, OPEIU, Local 2, Mid-Atlantic States
- Scott Friedman, Director, HR Business Partner, Mid-Atlantic States
- Sara Levesque, (alternate member) Secretary-Treasurer, OPEIU, Local 2, Mid-Atlantic States
- Sonya Allen-Smith, Regional Capacity Union Partnership Representative, SEIU-UHW, Northern California
- DeAnna Andry, (alternate member) NCAL Support Staff, OPEIU Local 29, Northern California
- Kelly Gschwend, Secretary-Treasurer/Business Representative, OPEIU Local 29, Northern California
- Cassandra Howard, Union Representative, ESC, Local 20 IFPTE, Northern California
- Richard Kimbrel, Regional Director, Nursing and Clinical Practice, Northern California
- Stacy Lorenzen, Area Finance Officer, Hospital Admin-Business Strategy & Finance, Northern California
- Audrey Cardenas Loera, Member Organizer, SEIU Local 49, Northwest
- Annette Baxter, Director of Member Services, OPEIU, Local 30, Southern California
- Aileen Oh, Regional Chief Nursing Officer, SCPMG, Southern California
- Tim Cooper, Executive Director, Medical Specialties, Washington
- Leslie Liddle, Union Representative, OPEIU Local 8, Washington
- Jessica Wolfe, Union Delegate, SEIU 1199NW, Washington