Officers
Area Directors & Reps
Directors
Area 1: Erika Owen
Area 2: Vacant
Area 3: Chelsea Lin
Area 4: Valerie Herrera-Garcia
Area 5: Lawrence Lee
Reps
Area 1: Tina McKenzie
Area 1 Alt: Vacant
Area 2: Elyse Dixon
Area 2: Celeste Frago
Area 2 Alt: Vacant
Area 3: Vacant
Area 3 Alt: Vacant
Area 4: Sara Chandroo
Area 4 Alt: Vacant
Area 5: Sue Chew
Area 5: Julie Martinez
Area 5: Vacant
Area 5 Alt: Vacant
CAS Committees
Last update: 9/1/2022
Jt. 401(K) Advisory
Debra Broock
Shon Baxter
Jt. Associate Staff Training
Roxanne Schofield
Jill Coert
Bargaining
Nessa Connor (Chair)
Shon Baxter (Recorder)
Sara Morell
Valerie Herrera-Garcia
JJ Hewitt
Lance Chih
Budget & Finance
JJ Hewitt (Chair)
Pam Miller
Jesus Lomeli
Blanca Sepulveda Zarate
Aurora Curiel Rodgers
Bylaws & Standing Rules
Lance Chih (Chair)
Roxanne Schofield
Tony Campa
Jordan Schultz
Rachel Quiles
Communications
Sharon Higa (Chair)
Christine Barbieri
Elyse Dixon (Webmaster)
Gladdie Cabral
Anqi Hong
Mike Lamuth (Web Support)
Conflict Resolution
Katherine DeJesus
Jill Coert
JJ Hewitt
Sara Morell
Jt. CTA/CAS/CSO Diversity
Mary Gutierrez
Sundus Azeem
Elections
Elyse Dixon (Chair)
Lance Chih
Celeste Frago
Jordan Schultz
CAS General Membership
Michaela Tee (Chair)
Julie Martinez
Aurora Curiel Rogers
Tammie Luu
Frankie Medina
Rachel Quiles
Grievance
Yolanda Mogannam (Chair)
Lance Chih
Jesus Lomeli
Lawrence Lee
Health & Welfare Trust
Pam Miller (Chair)
Jill Coert
Lance Chih
Shon Baxter (Alt)
Sara Vega-Junge (Alt)
Sue Chew (Alt)
Membership
Michaela Tee (Chair)
Sharon Higa
Aurora Curiel Rodgers
Julie Martinez
Jt. New Staff Orientation
Jill Coert
Lance Chih
JJ Hewitt
Sara Morell
Organizing
JJ Hewitt (Chair)
Sara Chandroo
Gladdie Cabral
Maria Hernandez
Judy Zhu
Tammie Luu
Jt. Reclassification
Jesus Lomeli
Recognition/Remembrance
Sharon Higa
Records/Reference
Maria Hernandez - Historian
Frankie Medina
Retirement Trust
Jesus Lomeli (Chair)
Valerie Herrera-Garcia
JJ Hewitt
Tammie Luu (Alt)
Nessa Connor (Allt)
Lawrence Lee (Alt)
Jt. Sub-Committee on Safety
Lawrence Lee
Lance Chih
Jt. Technology
Mary Gutierrez
Training
Nessa Connor (Chair)
Yolanda Mogannam
If you are interested in any of the vacancies listed above, please use the Committee Volunteer Form to apply.
Committee | Activity Level | Description |
Bargaining Team | Extremely High to Low | Responsible for bargaining with the CAS contract with CTA including salaries, economic benefits, hours of work and other terms and conditions of employment. |
Budget & Finance | Low | Confers once a year, prior to the last Executive Board meeting of the year, to set the budget for the new year. Treasurer serves as ex-officio. |
Communications (Includes Webmaster) | Moderate | Responsible for writing, editing, producing, and distributing CAS communications and maintenance of the CAS Website (Webmaster duties). |
Conflict Resolution | Low | Assists in managing and resolving conflict between CAS members and/or between CAS and CSO members before issue(s) escalate and/or management involvement occurs. |
Elections | Moderate | Conducts all CAS elections. Responsible for keeping records related to elections, creating election notifications and ballots, and suggesting updates to the CAS Elections Manual. |
Annual General Membership Meeting | Low/Moderate | Responsible for planning meeting logistics and venue for annual general membership meeting, including site selection and hotel accommodations, schedule, meeting promotion and announcements, and registration. Assists CAS officers in planning of program content, etc. |
Grievance | Extremely High | Knowledge of CAS Contract, grievance processing, contract enforcement practices and arbitration. Must be willing to work on own time. (Grievance work often requires working on lunch hours, before and after work, and on weekends, and involves meeting strict and specific timelines.) |
Membership | Moderate | Maintains CAS member database. Updates CAS map. |
Organizing | Moderate/High | Ability to work under time pressure. Creative, ability to produce flyers, organize events and people on short notice with limited timeframes. Works closely with Area Directors and Reps, membership chair, bargaining team and sister union in distribution of materials. Knowledge of organizing theory, principles and practices very helpful. |
Recognition and Remembrance | Low | Sends out CAS correspondence acknowledging events in members’ lives (retirements, births, marriages, bereavements, graduations, illnesses, etc.). |
Historian/Records/Reference (headquarters preferred as this is where the CAS Storage unit is) |
Low | The Historian is the keeper of the minutes of all regular business meetings, correspondence, reports, accounts, copies of the CAS newsletter and of any other CAS publications and, in general, of all the records of the activities of the Union. Maintains CAS files/archives. |
Reclassification | Low | Counsel and coach members on reclassification criteria and assist members who request reclassification with preparation of presentation to CTA Reclassification Panel and supporting documentation. |
By-Laws & Standing Rules | Low/Moderate | Responsible for changes to the Bylaws and Standing Rules and keeping them in line with one another and providing training to Rep Council on parliamentary procedure. |
Training | Moderate | Research available trainings for CAS leadership and membership and report back to CAS leadership regarding cost, availability and content. Provide logistical support for trainings. |
Joint Committees with CTA and/or CSO | ||
Safety Committee | Low/Moderate | Monitoring employee and workplace safety issues and exploring with CTA and CSO the need for safety and assessing trainings appropriate to such issues. |
401(k) Advisory Committee | Low | Meets with CSO and CTA Controller to discuss and offer input/advice on matters related to 401(k) issues. |
CTA/CAS Associate Staff Training | Low | Meet annually and as needed with CTA to explore potential topics and subject matter for negotiated CTA-provided trainings and workshops for CAS members. |
Technology | Low | Ability to relate CAS concerns and interests to CTA regarding technology and computer issues. Some knowledge of computer software and hardware is essential. Regularly scheduled meetings are held with CTA and CSO. |
Health and Welfare Trust | High | Responsible for all aspects of the administration of health benefits through the CTA Employees Health and Welfare Benefits Trust. Meets at least 4 times a year with CSO and CTA Management. |
Retirement Trust | High | Responsible for all aspects of the administration of retirement benefits through the CTA Employees Retirement Benefits Trust. Meets at least 4 times per year with CSO and CTA Management. |
Diversity | Low | Joint committee with representatives of CTA, CAS and CSO that works to ensure a diverse, inclusive and collaborative workplace and workforce and makes recommendations to implement CTA’s Diversity Program. |