Staff
President
Betsy Lehner, MGL
president@local459.org
ext 125
Vice President
Cindy Dine, American Red Cross
Secretary-Treasurer
Debbie Jones, Ingham County
treasurer@local459.org
ext 120
Assistant to President
Sharon Taylor – ext 123
staylor@local459.org
local459@local459.org
Service Representative
Lois Davis-Thomas – ext 122
ldavis-thomas@local459.org
Office Coordinator
Ronda Ackerson – ext 115
rackerson@local459.org
Organizer
Monica Artis – ext 116
martis@local459.org
MGL-TECH Chief Steward
Brian Clay – ext 124
mgltechchiefsteward@local459.org
Brian Clay is the new Chief Steward for MGL Tech and can be found in the Local 459 office one day per week. Brian has been a 459 member for over 20 years; working in janitorial, delivery and is now a Certified Anesthesia Tech at McLaren Greater Lansing. Brian has a lifelong desire to help others and to ensure that everyone has access to fair treatment. Being a Steward came naturally after he interacted with MGL Management to resolve his own employment issue. He was able to regain over two hundred hours that were owed to him! Brian plans to bring that same enthusiasm and purpose to the needs of Local 459 members.
Brian and his wife raised a large family and are active in the community helping others especially children and those with disabilities. Please join us in welcoming Brian to his new position in Local 459!
MGL-POST Chief Steward
Rick Bailey – ext 121
rbailey@local459.org
MGL-RN Chief Steward
Kristen Silvers – ext 118
ksilvers@local459.org
Senior Service Representative
Ben Strickland
bstrickland@local459.org
ext 119
Executive Board
The Local 459 Executive Board is elected by the membership every three (3) years.
The current Board is:
- President – Betsy Lehner, MGL
- Vice-President – Cindy Dine, American Red Cross
- Secretary-Treasurer – Debbie Jones, Ingham County
- Recording Secretary – Berekty Yohannes, MGL
- Trustee – Brenda Densmore, MGL
- Trustee – India Hudson, CEI-CMH
- Trustee – Byron J. Walter, LAFCU
Members-At-Large
- CEI-CMH Large Unit – Nova Harahap
- CEI-CMH Residential Unit – Sara Jacob
- FPCU– Beliveth Parker
- MGL POST Unit – Charnell Hester
- MGL RN Unit – Candy Higbee
- MGL Technical Unit -Bobbie Bell
- Touchpoint – Calvin Parks
- All Other Units – Deanna White, Ingham County
The Executive Board meets monthly and conducts the affairs of the Local between membership meetings.