See who was elected
Find the officers and Executive Board members elected to lead SEIU-UHW.
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In compliance with Article XXII of the Constitution and Bylaws, a secret ballot election was conducted by mail, beginning on February 25, 2026, and ending on March 25, 2026, for the SEIU-UHW Executive Board: All members voted to elect a President, a Vice-President, and eight (8) members of the Executive Committee, elected union-wide.
Within each of UHW’s two divisions (Hospitals and Kaiser), members also voted to elect: Twenty-five (25) additional members of the Executive Committee. Each division is entitled to fill one (1) divisional Executive Committee position for every 5,000 members in the division, by geography, as follows:
- Hospitals – 12 positions
- Kaiser – 13 positions
Two hundred and fifty-seven (257) Executive Board Members allocated by division and geography, one (1) Executive Board position for every 500 members, as follows:
- Hospitals – 118 positions
- Kaiser – 139 positions
Four (4) Advisors to the Executive Board— one (1) Ethics Officer and one (1) Financial Officer for each of the two divisions.
- Hospitals – one (1) Ethics Officer & one (1) Financial Officer
- Kaiser – one (1) Ethics Officer & one (1) Financial Officer
Two (2) Retiree Member Representatives (1 per division)
- Hospitals – 1 position
- Kaiser – 1 position
Important Documents
- Sample Ballots and Candidate Statements
- Nomination NoticePDF
- Constituencies
- Candidate ChecklistPDF
- Nomination Forms
- Nomination Petitions
- Sample Documents
- Slate manager protocolPDF
- Slate candidate trackerXLSX
Important Dates
- Nomination Notice mailed: December 29, 2025
- Candidate form & petitions due: 5 p.m. Monday, February 9, 2026
- Ballots mailed: February 25, 2026
- Deadline to receive ballots: 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2026
- Ballot count: starts 9 a.m. Thursday, March 26, 2026
The SEIU-UHW 2026 Election Committee
- Letesha Butts, Kaiser LAMC Hospital
- Christina Ferreira, Twin Cities Community Hospital
- Edith Hurtado, Kaiser San Francisco
- Andree Jackson-Rogers, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
- Warren Torrence Jr., Dignity Health Medical Foundation
- Ronika Winchester, Kaiser Rancho Cordova Desktop
Email: boardelections@seiu-uhw.org