AFSCME
The elected State Officers are the State President, State Vice President and the State Secretary. The State Treasurer/Executive Director is appointed by the State Executive Board.
Lois Carson is State President of OAPSE. She was re-elected to that post in 2021. She was the former State Vice President, a position to which she was elected in November 2015. Lois has been a member of the union’s statewide executive board since 2013, serving as the Central District Executive Board Alternate and then Board Member before moving to State Vice President. Lois has been a secretary at Columbus City Schools for 37 years and currently works in the Department of Higher Education. In 2010, she was elected president of the Columbus School Employees Association (CSEA), made up of 11 local unions with more than 3,000 members who work in the Columbus City Schools. Lois is a past President and Vice-President of OAPSE Local 150, the union for Columbus City Schools’ secretaries.
She is an Ohio AFL-CIO vice president. She is also an active member of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Lois is a graduate of Columbus City Schools. She studied Secretarial Studies and Office Administration at Columbus City School Adult Education and Early Childhood Education at Columbus State Community College. Lois was married for 27 years and has four children with her late husband. She enjoys spending time with her five grandchildren and her great-granddaughter.
Mike Lang was elected by the State Executive Board as the OAPSE State Vice President in 2019. He was elected to a four-year term in 2021. A 14-year OAPSE Local 470 leader at Mount Vernon City Schools, Mike had served as North Central District State Executive Board alternate since 2016. He started with Mt. Vernon City Schools in 2009 as a custodian, but the majority of his decade with the district has been as a computer technician. Mike is from a union family and was a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers at Cooper Energy Services. After a plant layoff, he worked at a cabinet manufacturing company, where he was active in union organizing campaigns. Mike was hired at Mount Vernon City Schools in September 2009 and signed a union card immediately. Within a few months, he was vice president of that local, which is the union for more than 120 workers in the district. Mike has served as Local 470 president since 2014 and was elected North Central District vice president in 2019. He is a graduate of Mount Vernon City Schools. Mike and his wife, Dianna, are parents of one son.
Stephanie Wiley
Central District
Columbus City Schools Bus Drivers, Local 336
Sue Williams
East Central District
Perry Local Schools, Local 329
Debora Adams
Eastern District
Switzerland Schools, Local 41
Bev Payne
North Central District
Crestline Village Local Schools, Local 416
Davida Russell
Northeast District
South Euclid Lyndhurst City Schools, Local 110
James Haller
Northwest Central District
Lima City Schools Custodians, Local 137
Karen Jones
Northwest District
Oregon City Schools, Local 320
Tim Warren
Southeast District
Nelsonville-York City Schools, Local 400
Tish Jones
Southwest District
Princeton City Schools, Local 174
Kathy Chamberlain
Western District
Preble-Shawnee Local Schools, Local 678
Arnetta Banks
Central District
Columbus City Schools Educational Aides, Local 518
Julie Langanke
East Central District
Canton City Schools, Local 161
John Sindeldecker
Eastern District
Buckeye Local Schools, Local 373
Katrina Martin
North Central District
Crestline Exempted Village Schools, Local 416
Sharyn Ficyk
Northeast District
Parma City Secretaries, Local 160
Heather Vermillion
Northwest Central District
Lima City Schools, Local 306
Stella Wymer
Northwest District
Sylvania City Schools, Local 227
Carla Daniel
Southeast District
Fairland Local Schools, Local 345
Shonda Ferguson-Gordon
Southwest District
Winton Woods City Schools, Local 271
Angie Klein
Western District
Kettering City Schools Transportation, Local 573
Stephanie Wiley, President
Columbus City Schools Bus Drivers, Local 336
Michelle Phillips, Vice President
South-Western City Schools, Local 211
Shirley Timberlake, Secretary
Westerville City Bus Drivers, Local 719
Sally Clemmer, Treasurer
Columbus City Schools Secretaries, Local 150
Sue Williams, President
Perry Local Schools, Local 329
Kathleen Secrest, Vice President
Osnaburg Local Schools, Local 31
Julie Langanke, Secretary
Canton City Schools, Local 161
Ira Essner, Treasurer
Canton City Schools Child Nutrition, Local 609
John Sindeldecker, President
Buckeye Local Schools, Local 373
Bruce Millick, Vice President
Indian Creek Local Schools, Local 460
Pam Thomas, Secretary
Coshocton City Schools, Local 387
Debra McKahan, Treasurer
Caldwell Exempted Village Schools, Local 339
Mike Lang, President
Mt. Vernon City Schools, Local 470
William Hurlow, Vice President
Galion City Schools, Local 370
Katrina Martin, Secretary
Crestline Exempted Village Schools, Local 416
Beverly Payne, Treasurer
Crestline Exempted Village Schools, Local 416
Davida Russell, President
South Euclid Lyndhurst City Schools, Local 110
Leslie Turner, Vice President
North Olmsted City Schools, Local 257
Jimmie Dawson, Secretary
Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools, Local 145
Vicki Kirby, Treasurer
Springfield Local Schools, Local 179
Heather Vermillion, President
Lima City Schools Secretaries, Local 306
Jim Haller, Vice President
Lima City Schools Custodians, Local 137
Taminka Mallory, Secretary
Lima City Schools Secretaries, Local 306
Dennis Fricke, Treasurer
Elida Local Schools, Local 16
Stella Wymer, President
Sylvania City Schools, Local 227
Jessica Gleba, Vice President
Fremont City Schools, Local 321
LuAnn Kralovic, Secretary
Rossford Exempted Village Schools, Local 384
Hollie Muraco, Treasurer
Sylvania City Schools, Local 227
Tim Warren, President
Nelsonville-York City Schools, Local 400
Jaime Jordan, Vice President
Gallipolis Local Schools, Local 349
Kimberly Kearns, Secretary
Wolf Creek Local Schools, Local 504
Carla Daniel, Treasurer
Fairland Local Schools, Local 345
Tish Jones, President
Princeton City Schools, Local 174
Vicki Gregor, Vice President
Little Miami Local Schools, Local 516
Becky Smith, Secretary
Edgewood City Schools, Local 679
Connie McDonald, Treasurer
Adams/Manchester Local Schools, Local 343
Kathy Chamberlain, President
Preble-Shawnee Local Schools, Local 678
Teresa Harney, Vice President
Kettering City Schools Transportation, Local 573
Angie Klein, Secretary
Kettering City Schools Transportation, Local 573
Jan Robinson, Treasurer
Kettering City Schools Food Service, Local 553