Steve is currently serving as the UFCW Local 555 Executive Assistant.  His primary duties are to train and monitor the Union Representatives of the Local.

Steve has been a union member consecutively, since 1978 where he started as a meat cutter, until such time when he became a Union Representative working for the Local in 2000.  He was appointed and later elected to serve on the local’s executive board as a Vice President in 1996 which he still holds today.  In addition, Steve serves as a Treasurer on the Linn-Benton-Lincoln Labor Council, and on various other Labor Councils around the state.

Steve is a life long resident of Oregon and has lived in the mid Willamette Valley his entire life.  His wife Sharon is an Albany City Councilor and is involved with many non profit organizations.  Steve has a grown daughter who is an accountant and is married.  Steve spends his pastime involved in all sports, astronomy camping, and golf.  Steve’s motto in life is simple, “strive to make a difference in other people’s lives; otherwise you are just wasting your time."  He often tells the story as to how and why he got involved in the labor movement, when asked he will tell you.

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