The 47th International AFSCME Convention will take place August 17-21, 2026 in Chicago, IL. Elected delegates from across the nation will come together to exchange ideas and re-energize our movement. The nomination for the AFSCME Convention Delegates are now open. UDW delegates will be elected to represent UDW, Local 3930 at the AFSCME International Convention.

READ THE NOTICE OF NOMINATION HERE. [SPA | VIE]

You can download the UDW/AFSCME Convention Manual here. [SPA | VIE]

EXPENSES:
All costs to send the delegates to the convention in Chicago will be paid for by UDW including all flights, hotel accommodations and a daily per diem to pay for all meals. The expenses of guests who are non-delegates will not be paid by UDW, Local 3930.

CHALLENGES TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF NOMINEES:
A list of candidates nominated will be posted on www.udw.org on May 25, 2026. Any member or nominee may challenge the eligibility of a nominee. Any challenges to the eligibility of a nominee should be submitted in writing to Election Committee 4855 Seminole Drive, San Diego, CA 92115 or faxed to 1-619-550-3105 or emailed to electioncommittee2026@udw.org. Eligibility challenges must be received no later than 9 AM, on June 2, 2026. The decisions of the election committee concerning all eligibility challenges are final.

Nominated Members

The Office of UDW President is automatically a delegate to the AFSCME Convention, and is not listed below. 

This list will be updated should any nominee decline their nomination.

District Number Name County Slate Name
1 Shikha Bansal San Diego  
1 Sabrina Bishop San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Billy Brooks San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Samuel Cardenas San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Heriberta Cardenas Castro San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Joseph Chermak San Diego  
1 Byron Davis San Diego  
1 Paula Flores Elena San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Linda Galbreath Brooks San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Maria Garza San Diego  
1 Willard Gee San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Delfina Gonzalez San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 David Haskins San Diego  
1 Soheil Ighani Soghadi San Diego  
1 Rosa Jasso Quinonez San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Shirley Jenkins San Diego  
1 Mollie Johnson San Diego  
1 Ethel Larkins San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Beatriz Manjarrez San Diego  
1 Shawn Mills San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Donnetta Moore San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 Maria Mora Garcia San Diego  
1 Starlene Pleasant San Diego  
1 Cheryl Sevier San Diego  Home Care Workers United
1 John Stevenson San Diego  
1 Perla Tolentino San Diego  
District Number Name County Slate Name
2 Jose Aguilar Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Magna Aguilar Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Luz Cedeno Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Zhong Chen Orange  
2 Maria Del Toro Orange  
2 Thanh Duong Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Maria Foreman Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Bassem Hanna Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Catherine Louie Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Cathy Luong Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Margarita Munoz Orange  
2 Soheila Nasiri Orange  
2 Vu Nguyen Orange  
2 Terri Nguyen Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Bonnie Nguyen Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Hung Nguyen Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Trang Nguyen Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Nancy Nguyen Orange  
2 Gloria Orduna Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Quirino Ortiz Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Bich-Ly Phan Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Artemia Ramirez San Juan Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Van Tran Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Tiffany Truong Orange  Home Care Workers United
2 Maria Vega Orange  
2 Cynthia Williams Orange  Home Care Workers United
District Number Name County Slate Name
3 Sarah Arzate Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Theresa Baleanu Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Ryan Barnes Riverside  
3 Rosa Beltran Imperial  Home Care Workers United
3 Camilla Bradford Riverside  
3 Delnita Brown Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Margaret Clark Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Troy Davis Riverside  
3 Andrea Dudley Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Roxana Escatel Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Sylvia Franz-Martinez Riverside  
3 Cecia Garcia Gutierrez Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Maria Godinez Riverside  
3 Marcus Haynes Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Walena Logan Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Mia Mcnulty Riverside  
3 Lupe Moelter Riverside  
3 Marino Montenegro Jr Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Steven Peavy Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Lidubina Perez Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Desmond Prescott Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Martha Ruiz Sutter  Home Care Workers United
3 Shilah Saldana Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Alaa Selim Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Carol Sheppard Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Angela Shibata Riverside  
3 Ricky Sierra Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Trinidad Tabag Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Rachel Terry Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Lawrence Waterman Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Violeta Wong Riverside  Home Care Workers United
3 Debra Wong Riverside  
3 Veronica Zamora Riverside  Home Care Workers United
District Number Name County Slate Name
4 Florence Crowson Merced  Home Care Workers United
4 Elizabeth Diaz Stanislaus  Home Care Workers United
4 Elidia Garcia Merced  Home Care Workers United
4 Maria Guerrero Madera  
4 Consuelo Morales Espinoza Merced  Home Care Workers United
4 David Rodriguez Madera  Home Care Workers United
4 Pakamon Sopajaree Merced  Home Care Workers United
District Number Name County Slate Name
5 Norma Alonso Santa Barbara  Home Care Workers United
5 Yuliana Alonso-Esquivel Santa Barbara  
5 Courtney Cazenave Santa Barbara  
5 Bevellie Deloney Harris Kern  
5 Monica Escalante Kern  Home Care Workers United
5 Vera Gooden Kern  Home Care Workers United
5 Theresa Haas Kern  Home Care Workers United
5 Precious Henley Kern  Home Care Workers United
5 Sydney O’Connor Kern  Home Care Workers United
5 Mark Ring Kern  
District Number Name County Slate Name
6 Hanadi Al Nuaimi Placer  Home Care Workers United
6 Gavi Lopez Loomis Nevada  
6 Marisol Mendoza Placer  Home Care Workers United
6 William Reed Placer  Home Care Workers United
6 Julie Richardson Nevada  Home Care Workers United
6 Noemi Rodriguez Butte  Home Care Workers United
6 Martha Ruiz Sutter  Home Care Workers United
6 Belinda Wells El Dorado  
District Number Name County Slate Name
7 Leticia Martinez Garcia Imperial  Home Care Workers United
7 Gisela Moreno Imperial  Home Care Workers United
7 Artemisa Perez Imperial  Home Care Workers United
7 Silvia Swanson Davila Imperial  
District Number Name County Slate Name
8C         Maria Millings Ventura  Home Care Workers United
8C         Horace Turner Stanislaus  
8C         Cruz Vargas Valdez Santa Barbara  
District Number Name County Slate Name
8N         Maria Ivonne Bejar Sacramento  Home Care Workers United
8N         Elianna Campos Contra Costa  
8N         Morena Fernandez San Francisco  
8N         Charlotte Neal Sacramento  Home Care Workers United
District Number Name County Slate Name
8S         Gabriela Guerrero Imperial  Home Care Workers United
8S         Manuela Mosqueda Riverside  
8S         Olivia Villegas Imperial