CPPW elections are run by the Elections Committee, following the the Constitution and Bylaws. Members of the Elections Committee hold no other office in CPPW.
Contact the Election Committee: Elections@cppwunion.og
Members:
Katie Robb, Analyst II, Water
Anna Shook, Analyst II, Housing
Connor Anderson, Technology Business Representative, Technology Services
Nominations and Ballot:
Nominations were taken online and in-person at the September 16, 2025 General Meeting. Update: 09/30/25: Due to a mix-up the Election Committee did not reference the live data from the nomination form. The candidates who nominated via the form have been added as of 7:00 p.m this day.
President: Kari Koch
Vice-President: Meg Wren
Treasurer: Chris Gustafson
Secretary: Riley Berger
Chief Steward: Kevin Block
Chief Organizer: Jed Arkley
At Large 1 (The Portland Building): Stacy Brewster
At Large 2: Myrna Ortiz
At Large 3: Kimberly Campbell-Groen
Bargaining Team (Up to 5): Ocean Jasso, Angelique Nomie, Brooke Gardner, Evelyn Brenes Eayrs, George Lloyd
Election Schedule
- September 18, 2025 11:30 a.m. During the General Membership Meeting at Noon, the floor will be open for other nominations.
- September 25, 2025 7:00 p.m. Nominations close (form will be inactive).
- September 27, 2025 7:00 p.m. list of candidates published on website.
- October 2, 2025 7:00 p.m. Candidate bios due. Email to elections@cppwunion.org. Bio text is limited to 2999 characters (About 300 words. This is the form limit of our election software.)
- October 6, 2025 7:00 p.m. Candidate bios published on the CPPW website.
- October 29, 2025 5:00 p.m. Deadline to sign membership cards to be eligible to vote in the election.
- November 6, 2025 There will be at least one Candidate forum (zoom or teams) at Noon and possibly a longer Q&A evening session. Details TBD.
- November 6, 2025 7:00 p.m. Electronic ballots emailed to members in good standing.
- November 20, 2025 5:00 p.m. Electronic voting ends.
November 20, 2025 5:30 p.m. Election results announced at a special General Membership Meeting. (Note: CPPW meets at noon, not in the evening on Nov 20. This was a miscommunication with the Elections Committee. Since ballots are still open during the General Membership Meeting, results will be sent via email).- By end of day, Friday, November 21, 2025. Election results sent to membership via email.
Election Rules
- Candidates are free to campaign as they see fit using both electronic and in-person methods. All candidates and members are bound in their electoral conduct by the Constitution and Bylaws of CPPW, especially by Article II: Vision and Values; Purpose and Objectives and by Bylaw 5: Code of Conduct for All Meetings.
- Candidates who are serving officers of the union must use either their personal or work email/Team or personal mobile devices if they want to communicate via email, Teams or SMS with members.
- When communicating with members either electronically or in person, serving officers of the union may not mix official union business with campaigning. No serving officer or candidate shall use their CPPW email for campaign activities.
- The Election Committee will provide candidates with a list of the members which will include position, bureau and City email addresses.
- Personal email and cell phone numbers of CPPW represented employees will not be provided to candidates. Candidates who are serving officers with access to those lists are prohibited from accessing or using them for campaign-related communications.
- Candidates are obligated to honor any request by any member to opt out of communications.
- Candidates are free to post flyers and posters anywhere in City buildings where it is already permitted to post union-related documents. This includes personal cubicles and break room labor boards.
- If a member wishes to report a violation of one of the above rules OR identifies candidate behavior that they find unethical or in violation of the Constitution and Bylaws, they should contact a member of the Election Committee. The Committee will rule on the matter and if it results in a new rule, will post it above with a notation.