August 20, 2024 — An ever-proud social worker from Region 11, Michele Rosello is the Council Leader at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens and served as the chairperson of the New York City Region 10 and 11 Women’s Committee. She is no stranger to member engagement, hard work, and creative collaborations.
“I am excited about the opportunity to serve the membership and grateful to President Spence, Bernadette O’Connor and Scarlett Ahmed for the opportunity to lead others in this role,” she said.
The mission of the Statewide Women’s Committee is to make PEF more sensitive to the issues of working women and their families; to build ties of solidarity among PEF women and their allies; and to provide leadership training, assistance, and support among PEF women by educating, promoting, and participating in cultural, social, political, and educational activities.
Rosello and the existing committee members hit the ground running by coordinating with the PEF Training and Education Department to provide the Delegates of the 46th Annual PEF Convention training on Robert’s Rules of Order, the parliamentary procedure PEF follows to conduct business at Convention. The first training was conducted on Aug. 7 via Zoom.
The training was capped at 45 participants and Rosello was happy to report that a total of 38 members attended the training that evening.
“I made a point of reaching out to all the delegates that responded to the training invite and confirming their attendance. I did notice there were some folks that just showed up, but I was glad that members were interested in learning and being prepared for plenary,” she said.
Rosello was inspired to create the training after feeling like a fish-out-of-water at her first Convention, wanting to say something at a microphone, but uncertain which color card to hold up or how to phrase her question.
“My hope is that more folks will feel comfortable and confident to step up to the microphone and participate in the discussions and debates,” she said.
If you are interested in becoming a member, contact Rosello at Michele.Rosello@pef.org and include the word “membership” in the subject line.