UMPNC Elected Leadership
Chair – Katie Oppenheim - VVWH
Vice Chair - Donna Carnahan - CRNA
Chief Grievance Chair – Becky Mammel - Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant
Secretary/Treasurer - Ted McTaggart - Northville General Medicine Clinic
University Hospital and CVC Acute Care
4A/B/C, 5A/B/C, 6A/B/C, 7A/B/C, 8A/B/C, 9C,
ECT, CVC5, MICHR, CSR Acute Care, 7W, 8E, MSSU, SSU
Area Rep - Sandy Dorsey - 7C
District Rep - Mel Gibney - 6A
District Rep - Bret Kelly - 5C
District Rep - Karen Lenz - 4C
University Hospital ICUs and CVC ICU
4D, 5D, 6D, 7D, 8D, CVC4, TBICU, ED, CSR AICU, SWAT,
Survival Flight, Psych. Emergency Services, ECMO
Area Rep - Katie Scott - CVC ICU
District Rep - Sam Barberio - Emergency Department
District Rep - Tracy Birchmeier - CICU
District Rep - Tegan Campbell - SICU
District Rep - Chama Davis - PES
District Rep - Dawn Fiser- PES
District Rep - JoAnna Lippett - CVICU
District Rep - Ernie Saxton - SICU
District Rep - Charlotte Smith - Neuro ICU
Peds, Perinatal, Child Psych
7E, 10E/W, 11W, 12E/W, VVWH, Brandon ICU, CAP6,
OB Anesthesia RNs, CSR PAC and PCC, Children’s Emergency Services, VAST
Area Rep - Kate Wesley - PICU
District Rep -Lynn Detloff - Brandon ICU
District Rep - Jamie Jewell - CSR Peds Acute Care
District Rep - Leah Karr - PICU
District Rep - Zak Mohler - CSR Peds Critical Care
District Rep - Heather Roe - VVWH
Ambulatory Care Off-Site Areas and Health Centers/MVN/MVC
ALL off-site practices, including ORs/PACUs (East Ann Arbor, Livonia, etc),
Procedure Areas, Dental School, University Health Service, Flint Health Service,
off-site ACNRP, PD and E staff nurses, MVN, MVC
Area Rep - Desiree Conyers - UHS
District Rep - Kim Leavens - MI Visiting Nurses
District Rep - Ted McTaggart - Northville General Medicine Clinic
District Rep - Darlene Worrell - Domino's Farms Plastic Surgery
OR/Procedure Areas On-Site
UH OR, UH PACU, C and W OR, C and W PACU, MPU, Cardiac Cath, EPS,
ECHO, CVC OR, CVC PACU, Radiology, Apheresis,
ALL on-site dialysis units, Kellogg Eye Center
Area Rep - Deborah Totzkay - CVC OR
District Rep - Norma Freeman - Kellogg Eye Center PACU
District Rep - Jackie Lampe - Interventional Radiology
District Rep - Marina Marzec - Interventional Radiology
District Rep - Tammy Thompson - Kellogg Eye Center PACU
District Rep - Ken Warshaw - UH OR
Advanced Practice
CRNA, CNM, CNS, ENS, all NPs
Area Rep - Barbara Van Kainen - CNM
District Rep - Li Gao - Medical Short Stay
On-site Ambulatory Care/Case Management/Consult Services
Case Management, HomeMed/Infusion (hospital-based), Adult Pain Service,
Pediatric Pain Service, Occupational Health, Radiation Oncology, Wound/Ostomy,
Taubman Center, Cancer Center, Infusion areas, ALL on-site clinics
Area Rep - Thea Picklesimer - CVM
District Rep - Michael Heinzerling - Heart Failure
District Rep - Anne Jackson - Peds Multi-Specialty Clinic/Rheumatology
District Rep - Laura Jirasek - Cancer Center Infusion
District Rep - Bethany Moore - Internal Medicine
Nominations Committee - Jen Andreoli - CVC ICU
MNA Labor Representative for UMPNC - Ben Curl, Esq.
MNA Executive Director - John Karebian