SHERRY HALBROOK By SHERRY HALBROOK

PEF’s first quarterly special elections of 2022 filled 11 vacant seats on the union’s Executive Board.  The candidates for these seats are automatically seated as the only certified candidates.  They will serve the remainder of three-year terms ending July 31, 2024. No balloting was required.

Second quarter petitioning will begin in April to fill 14 remaining board vacancies, plus at least three new vacancies that have occurred so far.

Seated following the first-quarter petitioning are:

  • Abdallahi Diop, Seat 80, which represents certain members at the State University of New York (SUNY)
  • Rachel Amodio-Kopp, Seat 85, which represents certain other members at SUNY
  • Teresa Moore, Seat 95, which represents certain other members at SUNY
  • Sam Win, Seat 174, which represents certain members at the state Office of Information Technology Services (ITS)
  • Erika Baker, Seat 185, which represents certain members at the state Health Department (DOH)
  • Patricia O’Toole, Seat 200, which represents certain other members at the DOH
  • Ralph Reale, Seat 255, which represents certain members at the state Department of Law
  • Frederick Bulmer, Seat 310, which represents certain members at the state Office of Mental Health
  • David Takor, Seat 435, which represents certain members at the state Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
  • Gustavo Santos, Seat 490, which represents certain members at the state Transportation Department
  • Girma Agonafer, Seat 560, which represents certain members at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Current remaining vacancies plus three new vacancies include:

  • Seat 1, State Department of Agriculture and Markets
  • Seat 15, Department of Civil Service
  • Seat 81, SUNY
  • Seat 90, Office of Higher Educational Services
  • Seat 97, SUNY
  • Seat 101, ITS
  • Seat 161, State Executive Department
  • Seat 165, State Executive Department
  • Seat 172, ITS
  • Seat 173, ITS
  • Seat 207, State Insurance Fund
  • Seat 210, State Insurance Fund
  • Seat 395, OPWDD
  • Seat 425, state Department of Public Service
  • Seat 440, OCFS
  • Seat 545, political subdivisions; and
  • Seat 550, Roswell Park