Thank you to all St. Charles Bend nurses who have voted in the current Executive Team elections thus far.

Unfortunately, due to a series of technical issues and concerns, ONA suspended the elections on Sept. 30 and invalidated all votes cast to that point. A new in-person election will take place Oct. 9-11, as detailed below. Thank you for your patience and your continued support of ONA. These are important elections, so we want to be 100% certain we get this right: your patience is deeply appreciated.
 

New In-Person Election, Oct. 9-11

The St. Charles - Bend Executive Team Elections will now take place:

• Sunday, Oct. 9 - Tuesday, Oct. 11
• 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. each day
• in the East Dining Room in St. Charles
  

Note: If you voted online, you must cast an in-person vote to be counted. All online votes have been invalidated and will not count in the election.

Candidates

The following candidate have consented to serve if elected to the St. Charles Bend ONA Executive Committee:

• Julie Bostrom*
• Megan Bovi*
• Robert Carlomagno *
• Erin Harrington*
• David Hilderbrand*
• Jackie Howe*
• Kelsey Kelly*
• Rosa Lasso*
• Penn Meringalo*
• Ken Marks
• Jacob Newton*
• John Nangle*
• Nichole Ryan*
• Tiffany Simmons

* These 12 candidates are running as a candidate slate under the slate name "Stronger Together".

 You can view the full list of candidates and their candidates here.

Process

The STC-B/ONA executive committee shall consist of nine (9) members (see below). Seven candidates will be chosen in this election, as a separate election for Staffing Committee Chair and PNCC Chair is run within those committees.**

• Chairperson
• Vice-Chair
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Membership
• Grievance Chair
• Unit Representatives Chair
• PNCC Chair (elected in PNCC and then seated with executive committee)
• Staffing Committee Chair (elected in staffing committee and then seated with executive committee)

**Joel Hernandez Staffing, Committee Chair and Neysa Larson, PNCC Chair are seated in the Executive Committee per ONA Bylaws and are elected via the charters of their respective committees.

Candidates do not run for a specific seat. The seven (7) candidates who receive the most votes will be elected to the committee. The current Executive Committee has asked that the next five (5) candidates who receive the most votes be seated as alternates. (The availability of seven alternate positions was erroneously indicated in the nomination communications because the PNCC and Staffing Committee Chairs were accidentally not removed from this count.) As per the St. Charles - Bend bargaining unit bylaws, the newly elected team members will elect to fill each individual committee role from among themselves.