Candidates

Candidates for Area Board of Director

Update: see the results

For Board of Director positions, the three NEA candidates and the one AFT candidate with the most votes are elected. There are no run-offs. Elections for Area Chairs, if needed, will be held during the Second Round.

Note Candidate photos, flyers, statements, and links are now all added. Candidate statements/flyers are not UTLA’s statements/flyers. UTLA does not edit, censor, or endorse any of them.

Contested

2022-2023 North Area

NEA UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoRebecca Solomon
  • Candidate PhotoJessica Rodarte
  • Candidate PhotoChris Wenell
  • Lisette Erazo *

AFT UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoMark Ramos
  • Candidate PhotoJasmine Z. Wang *

2022-2023 East Area

NEA UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoYolanda Tamayo
  • Marcela Chagoya
  • Candidate PhotoOlegario Maravilla
  • Candidate PhotoAdrian Tamayo *
  • Candidate PhotoAntoine Taylor

2022-2023 West Area

NEA UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoNoah Lippe-Klein
  • Candidate PhotoMarie Germaine
  • Candidate PhotoEbony L. Batiste
  • Jennifer Villaryo *

2022-2023 Central Area

NEA UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoChristina Johnson
  • Candidate PhotoDavid Feldman
  • Candidate PhotoLinda Cardwell
  • Candidate PhotoAnibal Avila-Hernandez
  • Candidate PhotoClaudia Rodriguez

2022-2023 Valley East Area

NEA UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoNicole Patin
  • Lauren Gordon-Ruderman
  • Candidate PhotoVictoria Casas
  • Candidate PhotoGary Fraigun
  • Candidate PhotoScott Mandel *

2022-2023 Valley West Area

NEA UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoKyna Collins
  • Candidate PhotoIvannia Nolasco
  • Candidate PhotoWendi Davis
  • Candidate PhotoMelodie Bitter *
  • Candidate PhotoDawn Alpi

AFT UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoWendy Lozano
  • Candidate PhotoGabriel Serrano

2022-2023 Harbor Area

NEA UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoAngela Chavez
  • Candidate PhotoMonica Caballero
  • Candidate PhotoPetrina Miller
  • Candidate PhotoPhylis Hoffman *
  • Candidate PhotoNorlon Davis
* indicates that the candidate is also running for Area Chairperson

Uncontested (candidates elected by acclamation)

2022-2023 South Area

NEA UTLA Board of Director

  • Claudia Silva
  • Candidate PhotoApril Thomas
  • Ayde Bravo *

AFT UTLA Board of Director

  • L. Cynthia Matthews

2022-2023 East Area

AFT UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoIngrid Gunnell

2022-2023 West Area

AFT UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoStacey Yakimowich

2022-2023 Central Area

AFT UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoStacie Webster *

2022-2023 Valley East Area

AFT UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoLeonard Newsome

2022-2023 Harbor Area

AFT UTLA Board of Director

  • Candidate PhotoCrystal Murray
* indicates that the candidate is also running for Area Chairperson