The Common Issues Committee (CIC) is the decision-making body responsible for negotiating the 2015 National Agreement. This diverse group includes representatives from Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, the Permanente medical groups and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions. This bargaining year, some 150 union members and management representatives will participate on the CIC.
Read about what it’s like to be on the Common Issues Committee.
The CIC members are listed below, by issue subgroup.
Operational and Service Excellence in Partnership
| Management | Labor |
| Don Bruzzi, SCAL Bill Caswell, SCAL Kevin Dull, NW Rita Essaian, SCAL Kathy Farmer, GA Hannah King, Program Office Pamela Lindemoen, NCAL Allison Maney, Program Office Jerry McCall, SCAL Marie Monrad, Program Office Susan Mullaney, NW Elizabeth Oyekan, CO Arlene Peasnall, SCAL Alex Rakul, SCAL Rich Smith, NW Bob Spagat, Program Office Dee Dee Urdangen-Cotow, NCAL & SCAL Mark Urquhart, NCAL Jerry Vincent, NCAL DeLinda Washington, MAS Tim Wemple, NCAL Donna Young, NCAL |
Walter Allen, OPEIU Local 30 Maureen Anderson, Coalition Breanne Armbrust, UFCW Local 400 Nate Bernstein, UFCW Local 7 Nahid Bokaee, OPEIU Local 2 Virginia Bolanos, SEIU-UHW Shawna Brown, SEIU-UHW Mary Cavanaugh, AFSCME/UNAC Holly Davenport, UFCW Local 770 Jettie Deeden-Castillo, AFSCME/UNAC Lisa Demidovich, AFSCME/UNAC Rosie Gonzalez, USW Ted Herrera, IUOE Local 1 Dorian Lawrence, SEIU-UHW Ilda Luna, SEIU-UHW Harry Manley, UFCW Local 27 Donna Norton, SEIU-UHW Desiree Pedroza, SEIU-UHW Earlene Person, SEIU-UHW Dave Regan, SEIU-UHW Mark Richards, AFT/OFNHP Ruby Robley, SEIU-UHW Luz Rojas, SEIU-UHW Bill Rouse, AFSCME/UNAC Tamara Rubyn, OPEIU Local 29 Ron Ruggiero, SEIU Local 105 Ethan Ruskin, SEIU-UHW Kathleen Theobald, KPNAA Cherral Tonth, UFCW Local 1996 Ike Wardley, SEIU-UHW Angela Young, SEIU-UHW |
Total Health and Workplace Safety
| Management | Labor |
| Helen Archer Duste, NCAL Dawn Bading, GA Greg Christian, SCAL Maria Dee, Program Office Kathy Gerwig, Program Office Trina Histon, Program Office Lisa Malone-Buffong, SCAL Jean Melnikoff, HI Stacey Mufson, Program Office Sandy Rusch, NCAL John Vu, Program Office Gay Westfall, NCAL Lesley Wille, SCAL Rob Wong, NW Walter Yonn, Program Office Casper Yu, NW |
Adriana Barragan, SEIU-UHW Annette Baxter, OPEIU Local 30 Max Carbuccia, AFSCME/UNAC Teri Carvalho-Luke, OPEIU Local 50 Holly Craft-Moreno, SEIU-UHW Suzanne Delaney, AFSCME/UNAC Jasper Diaz, SEIU RN Local 121 Lisa Dupell, UFCW Local 555 Joan Heller, UFCW Local 7 Lorie Kocsis, SEIU-UHW Cindie McGinnis, UFCW Local 770 Charmaine Morales, AFSCME/UNAC Meg Niemi, SEIU Local 49 Nancy Rouse, AFSCME/UNAC Maria Solano, USW Tinesha Thomas, SEIU-UHW Tanya Wallace-Gobern, Coalition Karen Yates, AFT/OFNHP |
Work of the Future
| Management | Labor |
| Zeth Ajemian, SCAL Kara Aley, Program Office Kristen Birtwhistle, NCAL Debbie Catsavas, Program Office Christopher Comma, NCAL George DiSalvo, SCAL Jann Dorman, Program Office Sylvia Everroad, SCAL Bill Gilmyers, NCAL Daniel Goldberg, Program Office Jennifer Goldberg, SCAL Ron Groepper, NCAL Jerry Hartbarger, CO Kelli Kane, CO Deborah Konitsney, Program Office Maryanne Malzone, SCAL Jim McAleer, Member Services Call Centers Tyler Norris, Program Office Laura Long, Program Office Peter Nixon, Program Office Sarah Neal-Fujimoto, HI Bob Sachs, Program Office Matt Stiefel, Program Office Janelle Williams, Program Office Charlene Yates, MAS |
Michael Aidan, IFPTE Local 20 Chokri Bensaid, SEIU-UHW Linda Bridges, OPEIU Local 2 Pam Broderson, AFSCME/UNAC Rick Brown, UFCW Local 1996 LaSonia Cosio, SEIU-UHW Mike Cowan, OPEIU Local 2 Ken Deitz, AFSCME/UNAC Denise Duncan, AFSCME/UNAC Denise Ellis-Lathon, SEIU-UHW Shelly Fowlkes, SEIU Local 105 Marianne Giordano, OPEIU Local 30 Verna Hampton, SEIU-UHW Jeannifer Key, SEIU-UHW Brian Lockhart, ILWU Local 28 Julie Markiewicz, SEIU Local 49 Erica Mays, AFSCME/UNAC Dawnette McCloud, AFT/OFNHP/ONA Terrie Ridgeway-Olmos, SEIU-UHW Evelia Rodriguez, SEIU-UHW Daniel Romo, SEIU-UHW Patricia Sanchez, OPEIU Local 29 Deborah Sung, AFSCME/UNAC Janis Thorn, USW Debbie Watts, UFCW Local 324 Kevin Williamson, UFCW International Sandy Wohler, IBT |
National Bargaining Coordinating Committee
The National Bargaining Coordinating Committee directs the planning and execution of negotiations for the National Agreement.
| Management | Labor |
| Greg Adams, NCAL Chuck Columbus, Program Office Dennis Dabney, Program Office Henry Diaz, Program Office Deanna Dudley, Program Office Donna Lynne, CO Arlene Peasnall, SCAL Jim Pruitt, Permanente Federation Mike Rowe, NCAL Judy White, SCAL Connie Wilson, NCAL |
Michael Aidan, IFPTE Local 20 Walter Allen, OPEIU Local 30 Maureen Anderson, Coalition Chokri Bensaid, SEIU-UHW Ken Deitz, UNAC/UHCP Dianne Dunlap, Coalition Rosie Gonzalez, USW Local 7600 Dawnette McCloud, OFNHP Kathleen Theobald, KPNAA Meg Niemi, SEIU Local 49 Dave Regan, SEIU-UHW Bill Rouse, UNAC/UHCP Hal Ruddick, Coalition Debbie Watts, UFCW Local 324 Sandy Wohler, IBT Kevin Williamson, UFCW International |