New faces -- and some familiar ones -- in Guild posts

Jerry Ziegler has returned to the steward leader ranks, swapping Milwaukee Newspaper Guild posts with Greg Pearson for the second time in two years.

Ziegler, an assistant copy desk chief, stepped down after one term as 1st vice president to go back to the steward leader position he previously held for two terms. He will be in charge of contract enforcement, membership, mobilization and stewards for the copy desk, night graphics/design staff, opinions staff, the national desk, newsroom clerks, and local news downtown night reporters and downtown editorial assistants. He replaces Pearson, a day copy editor who returned to the 1st vice presidency he previously held for three terms.

In addition to Ziegler, the Local 51 Executive Board reappointed three other steward leaders: photo editorial assistant Janine Ghelfi, to an unprecedented 12th term representing the downtown photo, features/entertainment, business news and day graphics/design staffs; metro reporter Mark Johnson, to a fifth term representing local news downtown day reporters, Wisconsin news bureaus and the MKE staff; and sports design coordinator Jeff Maillet, to a fifth term representing the sports, JS Online and News Information Center staffs.

Also on the Grievance and Representation Committee, metro reporter Larry Sandler was named posting and exclusions coordinator, replacing Pearson and returning to a job Sandler had previously held for more than three years, and night copy editor Russ Maki was reappointed wage data coordinator, for his first full term.

MKE copy editor Dave Lee, a steward, was named communications chair, replacing Sandler, and night copy editor Jen Boyden-Holmes was named newsletter editor, replacing night copy editor Amy Rodenburg Maillet. Also on the Communications Committee, online producer Heather Marshall Gergen was reappointed Webmaster and photo technician Dave Kirner was reappointed technology coordinator.

Among other committees, day copy editor Karen Samelson was named human rights chair, Racine Bureau reporter Jennie Tunkieicz was named organizing chair and features/entertainment writer Jan Uebelherr was named social chair.

Ghelfi, Johnson, Kirner, Samelson and Uebelherr are also board members. Tunkieicz is our immediate past president and Kirner is also a past president.

All terms expire next October.