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Officers & Leadership

Manny Pastreich

President

Before becoming President, Manny was 32BJ’s director of bargaining and Secretary Treasurer. He participated in bargaining every major agreement within the union, helping to win wage increases, shoring up members’ benefits and expanding protections for the 185,000 SEIU 32BJ members from NYC, D.C., Boston, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Kentucky, Connecticut, Florida and beyond. Manny cut his teeth helping to bring thousands of members into SEIU and 32BJ.

John Santos

Secretary Treasurer

Before becoming Secretary Treasurer John Santos was elected Assistant to the President at 32BJ in September 2021. In that position he also served as New York Metro Director, a role he still holds. Previously, John served as Vice President, and led more than 35,000 residential building workers across New York’s five boroughs in their political work, worker organizing, and member representation programs.

Roxana Rivera

Assistant to the President

Roxana Rivera has been organizing low-wage workers for nearly 25 years, fighting for workers’ rights and justice for immigrants. She was in charge of the New England region (615 and CT) and is now the Assistant to the President.

Shirley Aldebol

Executive Vice President

Shirley Aldebol is Executive Vice President and oversees the public schools division in the New York Metro area, which includes more than 5,000 members who work as cleaners and handypersons in New York city’s public schools as well as the Hudson Valley District and the Bronx Residential division.

Kevin Brown

Executive Vice President

Kevin is Executive Vice President and Janitorial Division Director. He has been involved in the trade union movement since 1987, when he started working for SEIU as an organizer.

Jaime Contreras

Executive Vice President

Jaime Contreras heads 32BJ’s Capital Area District, which has over 20,000 members in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area and Baltimore, Maryland, and oversees the Florida district.

Robert Hill

Executive Vice President

Rob joined 32BJ in June 2000 as lead organizer and was appointed as Director in fall 2005. He is currently the head of the Airports Division for 32BJ, sits on the SEIU Executive Board, and oversees the National Airports Organizing Campaign.

Denis Johnston

Executive Vice President

Denis has been a leader in the New York Metro Commercial and Security Divisions since 2005. Johnston’s maternal grandmother—Mary Bajowski, a Polish immigrant—was a 32BJ cleaner in lower Manhattan from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Gabe Morgan

Executive Vice President

Gabe Morgan is Executive Vice President and 32BJ PA/DE State Director, which includes 21,000 workers throughout Pennsylvania and Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic, 1201 and Western Pennsylvania Districts.

Candis Tall

Executive Vice President

Candis Tall is Executive Vice President and Political Director for the union, overseeing the political programs for 11 states and Washington, D.C.

Israel Melendez

Vice President

Israel started with 32BJ as a member in the NYM Security Division as a Shop Steward, after which he was hired by the union. Israel now serves as the Director of the NYM Security Division.

Helene O'Brien

Vice President

Helene O’Brien, originally from the Bronx, New York, has been an organizer of low to moderate-income workers for 35 years. For more than 10 years, Helene has worked with 32BJ members to make our Florida district the dynamic, fast growing, and victorious union it has become.

Rochelle Palache

Vice President

Rochelle Palache is Vice President of 32BJ SEIU. She joined the union after 10 years of political activism and union organizing. She is the district director for Connecticut.

Michael Pistone

Vice President

Michael Pistone has been an NCFO member since he started at the Long Island Railroad in 1998. 2023 Mike was appointed Director of Railroads overseeing all railroad properties where the NCFO has members.

Kevin Stavris

Vice President

Kevin Stavris is 32BJ Vice President and New York Metro District Residential Division Director, which includes over 35,000 members.

Sam Williamson

Vice President

Sam Williamson has been a labor and community leader for over 20 years, focusing on workers’ rights, equitable economic development, affordable housing, climate justice and a living wage for all workers. Sam served as the Western Pennsylvania Area Leader of 32BJ SEIU 2014 to 2024, and in May 2024 was appointed Vice President overseeing PA, DE and KY.

At-Large Executive Board Members

James Brennan​

John Egan

Tim Finucan​

Pedro Francisco

Wayne MacManiman

Elpidio Molina

Jose Nieves

Arjeta Rama​

Francisco Romero

Robert Smith

Amy Sugimori

Eric Thompson​

Mid-Atlantic District

Daisy Cruz, District Leader

John Bynum, Asst. District Leader

Tiffany Cherry, Board Member

Courtland Green, Board Member

Tyrone Patterson, Board Member

Leroy Warryton, Board Member

Florida District

Andy Cabrera, District Leader

Clara Vargas, Asst. District Leader

Gueldere Guerilus, Board Member

Western PA District

Peter Schmidt, District Leader

Steven Kelley, Asst. District Leader

Toneka Haruna, Board Member

Connecticut District

Neil Diaz, District Leader

Gabriel Acosta, Asst. District Leaders

Ciro Gutierrez, Board Member

Hudson Valley District

Dylan Valle, District Leader

Abel Rodriguez, Asst. District Leader

Claudia Rodriguez de Castro, Board Member

NCFO District

Travis Prothro, Board Member

Vincent Ruffolo, Board Member

Capital Area District

Mauricio Lopez, District Leader

Judith Howell, Assistant District Leader

Kwaku Agyeman, Board Member

Wendy Diaz, Board Member

Nishuan Hatton, Board Member

Marisol Marroquin, Board Member

Alejandrina Paz, Board Member

Fernando Peña, Board Member

Michael Samuels, Board Member

New England-District 615

Dan Nicolai, District Leader

Otoniel Figueroa-Duran, Asst. District Leader

Jose Barraza, Board Member

Celsa del Pozo, Board Member

Zachary Duncan, Board Member

Barbie Jo Graham, Board Member

Manuel Peña, Board Member

Miguel Pinto Rosa, Board Member

Margarita Restrepo, Board Member

Jacqueline Wesley, Board Member

New Jersey District

Luz Garate, District Leader

Carla Thomas, Asst. District Leader

April Fitch, Board Member

Andres Melo, Board Member

Ana Maria Pedroncino, Board Member

Christian Pimentel, Board Member

Ederle Vaughan, Board Member

New York Metro District

District Leaders

Elizabeth Baker

Miguel Barry Godin

Ignacio Jimenez

Wilson Montalvo

Angelo Petitto

Phoebe Schell

Allan Smyth

Luis Tavarez

Assistant District Leaders

Michelle Galarza

Todd Jennings

Sofia Joya

Donald McCaffrey

Rafael Morales

Cheryl Pennant

Catherine Poneros

Zoraida Rodriguez

Board Members

Aljona Arslan

Janet Barahona

Aurelia Brown

Ardist Brown, Jr.

Ricardo Buchanan

Antonio Cartagena

Vladimir Clairjeune

Selwyn Felix

Felix Figueroa

Rosa Gittens

Suzana Gjoni

Sophia Harris

Sabrina Ladson

Tatiana Lambert

Anna Luczaj

Board Members

Sonia Marin

Dulce Martinez

Bettina Mayorga

John Montgomery

Nigel Niles

Bijender Pal

Donna Perez

Juliana Peters

Julia Rodriguez

Mirna Ruperto

Alfreda Simpkins

Michael Stephenson

John Suffrand

Craig Tsouristakis

Grievance Board

Fatmir Ahmeti

John M. Battle

Edward Doctor

Stevie King

Jacqueline Louis

Vicente Martinez

Tirsa Perez

Terrence Smith

Michelyn Dennis

Jose Herrera

Theodore Hoffman

Manuel Estrada

Andre Mann

Marquita Clark

Antonia Cordova

Muniru Owe

Trial Committee

Michael Cartagena

Sadeta Hasanovic Hot

Tonia Hatchett

Raymond Hazel

Jaynittza Nieves

Angel Ortega

Shawn Rhodes

Zeynep Tuncel

Carolyn Howard

Vanessa Williams

Mary Kay McGuire

Alcides Caguao

Esther Ramirez

Douglas Bailey

Helen Raynor

Maria Jemio

Jeffrey Anderson

Board of Auditors

Anthony Castiglione

Stephanie Holman

Erick Weaver

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