AFT Michigan Officers and Staff
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
AFT Michigan Administrative Board is composed of the President and Secretary-Treasurer, three (3) Executive Vice Presidents and twenty-one (21) Vice Presidents representing various constituency groups from across the state.
PRESIDENT
Terrence Martin, AFT Vice President
Detroit Federation of Teachers #231
AFT Committees: Civil & Human Rights Committee; Climate Justice Task Force; State Federation Presidents Council
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Kirsten Herold
UM Lecturers Employee Organization #6244
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS
Executive Vice President – Healthcare
Penni Simmons
United Michigan Medicine Allied Professionals #6739
AFT Committees: Civil & Human Rights Committee; Healthcare Program & Policy Council
Executive Vice President – Higher Education
Eric Rader, AFT Vice President
Henry Ford CC Federation of Teachers #1650
AFT Committees: Higher Education Program & Policy Council; LGBTQIA+ Task Force; Organizing Committee
Executive Vice President – PreK-12
Lakia Wilson-Lumpkins, AFT Vice President
Detroit Federation of Teachers #231
AFT Committee: Teachers Program & Policy Council
VICE PRESIDENTS
AFT Committees/Task Force Members
Asian American Pacific Islander Task Force
Kazuko Hiramatsu, UM Flint AFT-AAUP #5671
Jennifer Nolen, Dearborn Fed of Teachers #681
African American Task Force
Kelishia Burks, United MI Medicine Allied Professionals #6739
Rodney Fresh, Detroit Fed of Teachers #231
Junetta Wynn, WCCC Fed of Teachers #2000
Civil & Human Rights Committee
Penni Simmons, United MI Medicine Allied Professionals #6739
Terrence Martin, AFT Michigan #8020
Climate Justice Task Force
Stathis Paul, MSU Union of Nontenure-Track Faculty #1855
Terrence Martin, AFT Michigan #8020
Healthcare Program & Policy Council
Penni Simmons, United MI Medicine Allied Professionals #6739
Higher Education Program & Policy Council
Cynthia Giffen, UM Lecturers’ Employee Org #6244
Rick Mengyan, NMU AAUP-AFT #6761
Hayg Oshagan, WSU AAUP-AFT #6075
Eric Rader, HFCC Fed of Teachers #1650
LGBTQIA+ Task Force
Eric Rader, HFCC Fed of Teachers #1650
Latino Issues Task Force
Victor Rodriguez-Pereira, MSU Union of Nontenure-Track Faculty #1855
Carlos Salazar, Detroit Fed of Teachers #231
Maria Sepulveda, HFCC Adjunct Faculty Org #337
Organizing Committee
Meenakshi Mukherjee, AFT Michigan #8020
Eric Rader, HFCC Fed of Teachers #1650
Paraprofessionals & School-Related Personnel Program & Policy Council
Jeff Whittle, Macomb ISD Fed of Paraprofessionals #6216
Retirees Program & Policy Council
David Hecker, AFT Michigan #8020
Marina Russo, Eastpointe Fed of Teachers #698
Teachers Program & Policy Council
Terrence Devlin, Taylor Fed of Teachers #1085
Toni Coral, Hamtramck Fed of Teachers #1052
Lakia Wilson-Lumpkins, Detroit Fed of Teachers #231
Women's Rights Committee
Cheryl Bodmer, United MI Medicine Allied Professionals #6739
Deborah Kingery, WSU Union of Part-Time Faculty #477
Jaqueline McPeek, Macomb ISD Fed of Teachers #2144
AFT Michigan Staff
Organizing & Leadership Development Director
Meenakshi Mukherjee
