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 the current 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 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.

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.