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 is 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 board member before moving to State Vice President.Lois has been a secretary at Columbus City Schools for 32 years and currently works in the Department of Higher Education, located at Columbus International High School. 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. She was re-elected to that post in 2015. Lois is a past vice-president of OAPSE Local 150, the union for Columbus City Schools’ secretaries, and is past president of that local union.
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 four grandchildren.
Mike Lang was elected by the State Executive Board as the new OAPSE State Vice President. A 10-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.
Sandra Wheeler is OAPSE State Secretary, a position she was elected to in 1991. Sandy has been a secretary in Lima City Schools for 35 years. She previously served as the Northwest Central District State Executive Board alternate for one year. Sandy has held the position of president of Northwest Central District since 1990 and has been the president of Local 306, the union for Lima City Secretaries, since 1987.Sandy is president of OAPSE Making a Difference, Inc., the union’s charitable organization that works to reduce childhood hunger for students across Ohio. She represented OAPSE as a member of the AFSCME International Union’s Women’s Advisory Committee. She also served as an AFSCME representative to the National Executive Board of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). She formerly served as one of the two appointed positions as the Northwest Central District PEOPLE Coordinator on the State PEOPLE Committee. Sandy is a member of the Ohio AFL-CIO’s Northwest Area Labor Federation’s (ALF) Executive Board and is a former trustee of the West Central Labor Council (CLC). Sandy and her husband, Ivan, have two children and six grandchildren.
Stephanie Wiley
Central District
Columbus City Schools Bus Drivers, Local 336
Rosella Tope
East Central District
Sandy Valley Local Schools, Local 450
Debora Adams
Eastern District
Switzerland Schools, Local 41
Bev Payne
North Central District
Crestline Village Local Schools, Local 416
Sheila Dawkins-Flinn
Northeast District
Akron City Schools Educational Aides, Local 689
James Haller
Northwest Central District
Lima City Schools Custodians, Local 137
Karen Jones
Northwest District
Oregon City Schools, Local 320
Barbara Ward
Southeast District
Fairland Local Schools, Local 345
Melody Potter
Southwest District
New Richmond Exempted Village Schools, Local 267
Kathy Chamberlin
Western District
Preble-Shawnee Local Schools, Local 678
Arnetta Banks
Central District
Columbus City Schools Educational Aides, Local 518
Jackie Leisure
East Central District
Canton City Schools Local 609
John Sindeldecker
Eastern District
Buckeye Local Schools, Local 373
Katrina Martin
North Central District
Crestline Exempted Village Schools, Local 416
Davida Russell
Northeast District
Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities, Local 744
Carol Henderson
Northwest Central District
Celina City Schools, Local 457
Sabrina Hoffman
Northwest District
Maumee City Schools, Local 240
Jennifer Ennis
Southeast District
Alexander Local Schools, Local 525
Connie McDonald
Southwest District
Adams/Manchester Local Schools, Local 343
Angie Klein
Western District
Kettering City Schools Transportation, Local 573
Stephanie Wiley, President
Columbus City Schools Bus Drivers, Local 336
Terell Davis, Vice President
Columbus City Schools Bus Drivers, Local 336
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
Carol Speece, Vice President
Salem City Schools, Local 215
Julie Langanke, Secretary
Canton City Schools, Local 161
Jackie Leisure, Treasurer
Canton City Schools Cafeteria, Local 609
John Sindeldecker, President
Buckeye Local Schools, Local 373
Lois Elaine Crockett, Vice President
Tri-Valley Local Schools, Local 351
Pam Thomas, Secretary
Coshocton City Schools, Local 387
Mary Jane Rhodes, Treasurer
Guernsey County Public Library, Local 26
Mike Lang, President
Mt. Vernon City Schools, Local 470
Dana Zeigler, Vice President
Mt. Vernon City Schools, Local 470
Laren Wienclaw, Secretary
Ashland City Schools, Local 233
Beverly Payne, Treasurer
Crestline Exempted Village Schools, Local 416
Davida Russell, President
South Euclid Lyndhurst City Schools, Local 110
Patricia Conaway, Vice President
Solon City Schools, Local 475
Jimmie Dawson, Secretary
Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools, Local 145
Susan Wright, Treasurer
Medina City Schools, Local 305
Sandra Wheeler, President
Lima City Schools Secretaries, Local 306
Jim Haller, Vice President
Lima City Schools Custodians, Local 137
Carol Henderson, Secretary
Celina City Schools, Local 457
Robin Orton, Treasurer
Bath Local Schools , Local 357
Pamela Parker, President
Washington Local Schools, Local 279
Dave D'Clute, Vice President
Genoa Area Local Schools, Local 462
LuAnn Kralovic, Secretary
Rossford Exempted Village Schools, Local 384
vacant, Treasurer
Tim Warren, President
Nelsonville-York City Schools, Local 400
Jennifer Ennis, Vice President
Alexander Local Schools, Local 525
vacant, Secretary
Carla Daniel, Treasurer
Fairland Local Schools, Local 345
Melody Potter, President
New Richmond Exempted Village Schools, Local 267
Iva Moore, Vice President
Petermann/Goshen Local Schools, Local 33
Dana Zinnecker, Secretary
Princeton City Schools, Local 174
Connie McDonald, Treasurer
Adams/Manchester Local Schools, Local 343
Vernon Gibson, President
Mad River Local Schools, Local 342
Karen Criswell, Vice President
New Lebanon Local Schools, Local 650
Angela Klein, Secretary
Kettering City Schools Transportation, Local 573
Kathy Chamberlain, Treasurer
Preble-Shawnee Local Schools, Local 678