Leadership and Staff

MLK Labor is a democratic, worker-run organization.

The MLK Labor Executive Board consists of members representing a variety of industries and constituency groups. The Executive Board, Executive Secretary-Treasurer, President, and Vice President are elected to three-year terms by the delegate body.

MLK Labor Leadership

Executive Secretary-Treasurer

Katie Garrow, Laborers Local 242 katie (at) mlklabor.org (She/Her)

Katie Garrow has served as Executive Secretary-Treasurer of MLK Labor since 2021, bringing 15 years of experience organizing workers, negotiating union contracts, and lobbying to the role. At the Labor Council, she has grown labor’s political power across South King County by helping to elect over 100 union members to public office; won more than $80 billion in funding for union-built and operated housing, transportation, clean energy, and healthcare infrastructure; and overseen a multiunion organizing program that has unionized 16,000 workers.

Raised in a working-class family in rural Washington, Katie is committed to building the biggest, most diverse, multiracial, LGBTQ+ inclusive, powerful local labor movement that fights for all of us. She holds a BA in Spanish from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in South King County with her husband and two kids.

President

Dustin Lambro (He/Him), UFCW Local 3000

Vice President

Stefan Moritz (He/Him), UNITE HERE Local 8

MLK Labor Staff

Deputy Executive Secretary-Treasurer: Shaunie Wheeler James (She/Her) – Shaunie (at) MLKLabor.org
Operations Director: Annie Wise (She/Her) – Annie (at) MLKLabor.org
Communications Director: Charlie Lapham (He/Him) – Charles (at) MLKLabor.org
Political Director: Corina Yballa (She/They) – Corina (at) MLKLabor.org

Presidents’ Organizing Initiative (POI) Staff

Presidents’ Organizing Initiative Coordinator: Rigoberto Valdez, Jr. (He/Him) – Rigo (at) MLKLabor.org
Deputy Program Director: Pia Rivera-Jones (She/Her) – Pia (at) MLKLabor.org
Strategic Researcher: Nina Daro (She/Her) – Nina (at) MLKLabor.org
Digital Organizer: Nick Peters (He/Him) – Nick (at) MLKLabor.org
Digital Organizer: Clara Youtz (She/Her) – Clara (at) MLKLabor.org
UnionHiringHall.org Administrator: Connie Solorio (she/her) – Connie (at) MLKLabor.org
Field Organizer: Valentine Charles (They/Them) – Valentine (at) MLKLabor.org

MLK Labor Executive Board

The Executive Board meets on the third Wednesday of every month at 2 PM.

Elected Trustees (Members-At-Large)

Marsha Botzer (She/Her), National Writers Union Local 1981
Nicole Grant (She/Her), IBEW 46
Joe Mizrahi, (He/Him), UFCW 3000
Sara Franklin, OPEIU 8

Board Members Representing Trade Sections

Aircraft Trades: Ryan Rule (He/Him), SPEEA/IFPTE 2001
Automotive Trades: Sam Grad (She/Her), Teamsters 117
Building Trades: Monty Anderson, (He/Him), Seattle/King County Building Trades
Childcare and Early Learning: Sarah Bright, (She/Her). SEIU 925
Entertainment Trades: Nate Omdal, (He/Him), Musicians 76-493
Food and Allied Trades: Eunice How, UNITE HERE Local 8
Health Care: Casey Rukeyser (He/Him), SEIU Healthcare 1199NW
Higher Education: Emily Myers (She/Her), UAW 4121
Industrial Trades: Jason Chan (He/Him), Machinists 751
K-12: Julianna Dauble (She/Her), Renton Education Association
Maritime: Lars Turner (He/Him), Masters, Mates, and Pilots
Metal Trades: Todd Mitchell (He/Him), Heat and Frost Insulators 7
Private Sector: Zenia Javalera (She/Her), SEIU 6
Public Safety: Kenny Stuart (He/Him), IAFF 27
Public Sector: Mary Keefe (She/Her), Teamsters 763
Retail: Ondrea Shallbetter, UFCW 3000
Transportation: Jeremy Une (He/Him), ATU 587

Board Members Representing Constituency Groups

A. Philip Randolph Institute: Gabriel Prawl (He/Him)
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance: Ligaya Domingo (She/Her), SEIU Healthcare 1199NW
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists: Miriam Brockman (She/Her), Postal Workers Local 28
Coalition of Labor Union Women: Jo Blake, IAM 751
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement: Indira Trejo, UFCW 3000
Pride At Work: Mike Andrew (He/Him), UAW 1981
Washington Alliance for Retired Americans: Don Bennett (He/Him), Lettercarriers 79
Washington Young Emerging Labor Leaders: C Moline (She/Her), Lettercarriers 79