We had much to celebrate at our 2022 business convention:
First, it was the first time we were able to gather in-person for it in three years!
Plus we honored Ivonne Hamm, our outgoing First Vice President for Collective Bargaining, who's retiring in June, with several tributes. We secretly invited her family to attend and successfully surprised her with that! Then we shared proclamations from the General Assembly's Labor Committee and Gov. Ned Lamont in her honor. And we announced our annual Steward of the Year award is now named for Ivonne.
We also acknowledged Laura Didden for her six years of service as Recording Secretary, and welcomed her successor, Summer Lambert.
In addition to organizing a fantastic evening, VP for Membership Activities Shawn Brown presented our 2022 scholarships.
- Miriam Zachariah
- Joseph Ciambriello (dependent of member Joanna Ciambriello)
- Joshua Zolla (dependent of Meagen Zolla)
- Michael Sama (dependent of Abigail Young)
- Riley Ford (dependent of Deanna Cawley Ford)
- Jane Winkleman (dependent of Seth Winkleman)
- Jadah Smith (dependent of Johanna Tirado)
We passed both proposed constitutional amendments, which clarified language about the president's role and membership meetings to reflect current practice.
And the following awards were announced:
- Rep of the year: Pierre LePage
- Ivonne Hamm Steward of the Year: Ray Bennettson
- President's award: Isolde Bates
