Aubrey Baldwin
I am a former environmental litigation attorney, clinical law professor, social worker and organic farmer. These days, I spend my time facilitating the Paralegal program at PCC as the FDC/SAC Chair in my relatively small CTE program. I am the Lead Steward for CTE. While I have not negotiated a labor contract before, I have been at the table for, and led, high-stakes negotiations against large corporations in regulated industries. One of the settlements I led resulted in the shut-down of the Boardman, Oregon, coal-fired power plant 20 years early, and a 2.7 Million fund for air quality protection, preserving land in the Columbia River Gorge, and providing funds for management of the Blue Mountains and Wallowa units of the National Forest. I was very proud of this work (circa 2013) protecting Oregon’s special places and making progress toward a carbon-neutral future. I look forward to representing your interests at the bargaining table, and welcome your input or questions at any time. Solidarity forever!
Erik Johnsen
Erik has been working as a Part-Time History Instructor teaching courses on Western Civilization, American History and the Holocaust since 2010 (still waiting on that Full-Time position!). He has been active in the Union for the past two years as co-chair of the Part-Time Bargaining Advisory Council as well as a member of the Contract Action Team and Communications Committee for the Federation. Erik is very excited about the incredible wins organized labor has secured for workers, particularly in higher education, in the past few years and wants to make sure PCCFFAP is part of this positive trend.
Emiliano Vega
Emiliano has been teaching Math and Statistics at PCC since 2010. First at Sylvania and now at Cascade. He has served as the Full Time Faculty Grievance Officer since 2018 and served on the 2019 and 2021 Contract Negotiation Team. He is excited to demand strong wages for all employees and build organizational power department by department.
Frank Goulard
Frank has been involved with PCCFFAP contract negotiations since 1992. We have made many gains since then, and there are more gains to achieve in our 2023 negotiations for all three of our employee classes: Academic Professionals, FullTime Faculty, and PartTime Faculty. It is important to have a firm stand based on the virtues of research, transparency, and strong labor. Union strong!
Kris Fink
Kris has been working at PCC since 2000, first as a casual bookstore employee, then as the assistant textbook buyer, and for the last twenty years as a part-time composition instructor at the Rock Creek, Sylvania, and SE campuses. She joined the Executive Council in 2015 and now serves as a VP for Grievance and Contract Administration for PT faculty. Growing up with the last name of Fink and having a father who was a labor historian meant Kris was always aware of the importance of labor unions. This importance became personal when late one Friday night in 2012, she received an email from the college with the subject heading “Writing Conference Change and Miscalculated Pay.” The message politely asked her to repay the $6838.44 dollars the college had mistakenly overpaid her over the course of three years. Kris immediately contacted the current FFAP president and was assured that the union was on it. Within days the union had come to an agreement with management allowing part-time faculty impacted by this miscalculation to “pay back” the money using our newly negotiated personal leave. Kris knew then that the union had her back, and she wanted to be a part of an organization that fought hard for its most vulnerable members. Kris is excited to serve on the 2023 bargaining team to fight for job security, equity, and respect for PT faculty.
Michael Annus
I have been a Video Producer (an AP position) at PCC since 2000 and have been the VP for Grievance and Contract Administration for APs since June 2021. I have an MFA in Film and Video Production as well as an MA in Cultural Anthropology. I have taught anthropology as an adjunct instructor and during and after film school, I’ve also taught film, video, and sound production as well as documentary studies. By training and disposition, I’m drawn to holistic thinking and am attentive to the whole spectrum from macro-level considerations to minute details. For bargaining, along with financial issues, I’m focused on how we can improve our contract to make it more understandable, easier to grieve, and more direct in allowing all of us in the bargaining unit to use the judgement and discretion that is key to our work on behalf of students as well as to our professional happiness.
Michelle DuBarry
Michelle has been working as a Grants Officer for PCC since 2009, and has served on the FFAP Executive Council since 2016. She represented FFAP in the 2019 contract negotiation and the 2021 re-opener. She sees organized labor as the connective tissue between social justice movements around the world and throughout history, and is excited to support her colleagues, especially Academic Professionals, to win a better contract.