2025-2026 Bargaining Committee

The Bargaining Committee consists of the Executive Council and all ten Area Stewards. The Local Executive Council is composed of the Executive Officers: President, Director of Organizing, Clerical Director, Treasurer, Data Chair, and Communications Chair. All members of the bargaining committee are elected by popular vote of membership. 


Executive Committee


UGW UE Local 1466 President

Lexi Kenis

TA, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Email: lkenis@unm.edu

UGW UE Local 1466 Director of Organizing

Alicia Esquivel

GA, Sociology

Email: aliciaesquivel@unm.edu

UGW UE Local 1466 Clerical Director

Ashley Bernardo

TA, English

Email: abernardo@unm.edu

UGW UE Local 1466 Treasurer

Ramona Malczynski

TA, Geography

Email: rmalcz@unm.edu

Chair, Data Committee

Zach Strasberg

RA, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Email: zstrasberg@unm.edu

Chair, Communications Committee

Katie Slack

TA, Geography

Email: kslack1@unm.edu


Area Stewards


School of Engineering

Carolina Shaheen

RA, Mechanical Engineering

Email: cshaheen@unm.edu

Carolina’s area includes: Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, and Computer Science

James “Jay Jay” Rawson

RA, Civil Engineering

Email: rawsonj@unm.edu

Jay Jay’s area includes: Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Center for High Technology Materials, COSMIAC, and Optical Science & Engineering

Alex Baten

RA, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Email: abaten@unm.edu

Alex’s area includes: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Nanoscience and Microsystems Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering


College of Arts and Sciences

Rae French

GA for Museum of Southwest Biology Herbarium, Geography

Email: rfrench1@unm.edu

Rae’s area includes: Geography and Environmental Studies, Philosophy, American Studies, Psychology, Latin American and Iberian Institute, Chicana and Chicano Studies, Communication and Journalism, Museum Studies

Sean Lundergan

TA, Linguistics

Email: seanlundergan@unm.edu

Sean’s area includes: Linguistics, English, Economics, Political Science, Math and Statistics

Dom Oddo

RA, Physics and Astronomy

Email: doddo@unm.edu

Dom’s area includes: Physics and Astronomy, Biology, and Chemistry

Max Pagano

TA, Languages, Cultures, and Literatures

Email: mpagano@unm.edu

Max’s area includes: Languages, Cultures, and Literatures, History, Speech and Hearing, Native American Studies, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology, and Spanish and Portuguese


Health Sciences Center / Public Administration / Anderson School of Management

Alex Sommer

Biomedical Sciences

Email: alsommer@unm.edu

Alex’s area includes: Health Sciences Center, Public Administration, and Anderson School of Management


College of Fine Arts

Elizabeth Rawson

Studio Arts

Email: eerawson@unm.edu

Elizabeth’s area includes: Art and Art History, Music, Theater and Dance


School of Architecture and Planning

Currently Unfilled