Our Leadership

Executive Council

UAOSU’s Executive Council includes Officers, Committee Chairs, and Constituency Vice Presidents. They are elected to lead our union. They work with our union’s staff to develop our strategic plan and implement it with the assistance of our Representative Assembly, Committees, Caucuses, and members.

Joseph Orosco – President, president@uaosu.org

Marisa Chappell – Executive VP, executive-vp@uaosu.org

Diana Castillo + Goat — Diana Castillo – Secretary, secretary@uaosu.org

Filix Maisch – Treasurer, treasurer@uaosu.org

Ron Mize – VP for External Relations, external-relations@uaosu.org

Louisa Hooven – Grievance and Contract Administration grievance@uaosu.org

Steve Shay – Membership and Organizing, membership@uaosu.org

Amanda Granrud – Non-Tenure-Track Instructional Faculty VP vp-ntti@uaosu.org

Bill Thomas – Non-Tenure-Track Research Faculty VP, vp-nttr@uaosu.org

Kenny Maes – Tenure Track Faculty VP, vp-tt@uaosu.org

Joey DeShields – Non-Corvallis Faculty VP, vp-nc@uaosu.org

Representative Assembly

Our union’s elected representatives connect their units to the work of our union by engaging and educating their colleagues about UAOSU issues, monitoring the enforcement of our CBA in their units, and strategizing with their colleagues both in their units and in the Representative Assembly to address pressing issues at OSU.

Kei Lin Chang, Queer Caucus – keilin.chang@oregonstate.edu

Lori Cramer, Liberal Arts – lcramer@oregonstate.edu

Fred DeAngelis, Science – fred.deangelis@oregonstate.edu

Olin Hannum, Liberal Arts – hannumo@oregonstate.edu

Eric Ianni, Engineering – iannie@onid.orst.edu

Alicia Leytem, Agricultural Sciences -leytema@oregonstate.edu

Kelly McElroy, At Large – kelly.mcelroy@oregonstate.edu

Jan Medlock, Vet Medicine – jan.medlock@oregonstate.edu

John Morris, Business – jlmorris.us@gmail.com

Linda Richards, Liberal Arts – richarli@onid.oregonstate.edu

Patti Sakurai, BIPOC Caucus – psakurai@oregonstate.edu

Eliza Smith, Agricultural Sciences – smithel@oregonstate.edu

UAOSU Staff

In addition to our elected Officers and Representatives, our union is supported by two full-time staff members. Our staff work tirelessly to make sure that our union serves and supports its members.

UAOSU Operations

Our Constitution and Bylaws govern how our union operates. The C&B was ratified by UAOSU members in 2020 and amended in Fall 2023 by vote of the Representative Assembly.

Our union’s budget is prepared by our Treasurer and approved by the Finance Committee, Executive Council, and Representative Assembly. If you have more questions about this, please reach out to our Treasurer at treasurer@uaosu.org.

Annual End of Year Reports

Get Involved with Your Union

We believe that every UAOSU member has something special to contribute to our work, and your participation ensures that our union truly represents the interests of our members.

By getting involved, you will get the opportunity to work with passionate and committed faculty, improve working conditions for yourself and your colleagues, advocate for better learning conditions for our students, and connect to the larger movement to defend higher education in Oregon and across the US.