Staff Directory
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Union Administrator
Ellen Schulman
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[/caption]Ellen joined the NOLSW staff as an Administrative Assistant in August 2006. Prior to that time, she worked for Local 15 of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET) as an Administrative Assistant in the Pension and Welfare Funds. Ellen was promoted to Union Administrator in 2014.
Email:ecschulman@nolsw.org Phone: 212-228-0992
Administrative Assistant
MAura Schulman
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[/caption]Maura joined the staff of NOLSW/UAW Local 2320 as an Administrative Assistant in April 2016 after working part-time for the union since June 2010. Maura maintains the membership files and records and deposits dues for our Union. She also assists the Union Administrator with the day-to-day running of the office.
Email: mschulman@nolsw.org Phone: 212-228-0992
President & Mid-Atlantic Organizer
Pam Smith
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[/caption]Pam was a staff attorney at Maryland Legal Aid from 2000 to 2006, where, as a member of MDLAW, sher served on the healthcare committee, several bargaining committees, as a grievance handler, and as unit chair. In 2006, Pam became a National Negotiator for the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) where she negotiated contracts with federal agencies and successfully prosecuted national grievances.
NOLSW has always been her union home, so when presented with a chance to serve as the Mid-Atlantic Organizer for NOLSW, Pam welcomed the opportunity and joined the staff of NOLSW in February 2008. In October, 2012, Pam was appointed to serve as Financial Secretary-Treasurer by the National Executive Board (NEB). She was elected to that position in 2013 and re-elected in 2016. Pam was appointed by the NEB as President in July 2018, and was elected President in 2019.
Email: psmithnolsw@gmail.com
Financial Secretary-Treasurer & Southeast/Southwest Organizer
RACHEL THOMAS
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[/caption]Rachel was a Family Law attorney with Legal Aid Chicago, where she served as unit chair and as a bargaining committee member, before joining the NOLSW staff in 2016. Rachel was elected Financial Secretary-Treasurer in 2022.
As Southeast Organizer, Rachel covers our units in Texas and throughout the Southeast.
Email: raheast2320@gmail.com
Northeast Organizers
LILY DEFRIEND
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[/caption]Lily joined the staff of NOLSW in October 2018, after working on several UAW higher education organizing campaigns. She represents members in the Northeast region, primarily New York City.
Email: ldefriendnolsw@gmail.com
CRISTIAN AVILA
Cristian joined the staff of NOLSW/UAW Local 2320 in May 2021 and represents members in the Northeast region.
Email: cristian.nolsw@gmail.com
MICHELLE BROWNE
Michelle joined the staff of NOLSW/UAW Local 2320 in October 2021 and represents members in the Northeast region.
Email: nolsw.michelle@gmail.com
RICHARD GOFF
Richard worked for 9 years for SEIU Healthcare PA (originally District 1199P) doing new organizing as well as negotiating and enforcing contracts for nursing home workers and was a staff representative for 4 years with the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, negotiating contracts for nurses and lab technicians, before joining the NOLSW staff in in 2021. Richard is a Cincinnati native but currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his partner and three children. In his free time, he volunteers for local social justice initiatives, is an avid concert-goer, reads history and politics, and follows professional baseball and football.
Midwest Organizers
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Southwest and Southeast Organizer
RACHEL Thomas
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West Coast Organizers
Donis Borks
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[/caption]Donis was a staff attorney with the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau (MDLAB) for five years, during which he served as the unit chair and on the bargaining committee, handled grievances, testified and lobbied for increased legal services, and worked with the Community Action Program (CAP), the political action committee of the UAW. Donis also worked as a community organizer for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
Donis joined the NOLSW staff as a West Coast Organizer in January 2008.
Email: dborks@gmail.com
Katelyn Randall
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[/caption]Katelyn started her legal career at Metropolitan Public Defenders in Portland where she tried over 50 jury trials with an acquittal rate of 60 percent. She was later a staff attorney at Legal Aid Services of Oregon (LASO) for nearly 10 years. She joined her first bargaining team during her second month on the job at LASO and was on every subsequent bargaining team during her time there. While at LASO she was a general practitioner with a focus on Family Law. A New Hampshire native, she has lived in Oregon for 24 years. Katelyn joined the NOLSW staff in February 2020 and represents members on the West Coast, primarily in Oregon.
Email: katelyn2320@gmail.com