Pursuant to Section 3.14 of the CASE Bylaws, the list of candidates for the 2019 CASE Board of Directors election has been certified by the CASE Elections Committee. In alphabetical order, candidates in the 2019 Board of Directors election are:
President
Peter Flores, Jr.**
Deputy Attorney General V
Department of Justice
San Francisco
Vice President
Geoffrey Sims **
Workers’ Compensation Judge
Department of Industrial Relations
Fresno
Secretary
Lance Davis**
Attorney III
Department of General Services
Sacramento
Treasurer
Rama Maline **
Deputy Attorney General V
Department of Justice
Los Angeles
Candidates for Director at Large
John Appelbaum**
Deputy Attorney General V
Department of Justice
Sacramento
Katrina B. Manookian
Staff Counsel III
State Compensation Insurance Fund
Monterey Park
Wade DiCosmo**
Workers’ Compensation Judge
Department of Industrial Relations
San Diego
Darcie Houck
Administrative Law Judge II
Public Utilities Commission
Sacramento
Jennifer M. Russell**
Administrative Law Judge II
Department of General Services/Office of Administrative Hearings
Los Angeles
Katherine Scott-Smith
Attorney III
Department of Insurance
San Francisco
Ralph Sivilla **
Deputy Attorney General V
Department of Justice
San Francisco
Katie Strickland
Deputy Attorney General III
Department of Justice
San Diego
Eric Wildgrube
Administrative Law Judge II
Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco
(** designates a current member of the CASE Board of Directors.)
This year CASE members will elect four (4) Executives and five (5) directors at large, each with a two-year term of office, except for one (1) director at large seat which will be one-year term filled by the candidate with the highest number of votes after the four (4) two-year positions are filled, an independent elections company will email ballots and optional candidate statements to all CASE voting members on October 11, 2019.
Only CASE voting members are eligible to vote in CASE elections, if you would like to become a CASE voting member, please do so on or before September 17, 2019 to qualify to participate in this election (click here for a voting member application) .
The voting period shall end at 5:00 p.m. Friday, November 1, 2019 and the results will be published via email and on the CASE website.
If you have changed your email address in the last 6 months, please contact the CASE office at (800) 699-6533 to update your contact information, which will help ensure that you receive your e-ballot in a timely manner.
The order of candidates on the official ballot will be determined by random drawing, which will take place on Monday, September 23, 2019.
CASE thanks all of the candidates who have volunteered to represent and serve the members of Bargaining Unit 2 and wishes each candidate good luck in the 2019 election.
Sincerely,
CASE Elections Committee