Sue Byars (Candidate for Treasurer): I am a Site Planner in Plant Engineering and have worked at LLNL for 23 years. I have been a member of SPSE for the past 13 years, and have served as an Executive Board member, President Elect, and 2003 President. Throughout my career, my primary concerns have been regarding the treatment of women in non-traditional jobs, gender and racial pay equity issues, racial profiling and the wrongful imprisonment of Wen Ho Lee. The legacy of SPSE has been built on the fight for employees' rights at LLNL. I will work to add to that legacy by bringing to light the concerns and issues facing SPSE members; as well as continuing to organize approaches for better representation of SPSE members with management.

Douglas B. Clarke (Candidate for Secretary):

After being an interested observer for a number of years, I joined SPSE when Lab management introduced the new Layoff Policy. That policy and the issue of adherence to University personnel policies are examples of cases where Lab Management has seeming felt free to make their own rules. Although my own personal experiences at LLNL have generally been positive, I am concerned about the potential for abuses by managers with the Lab’s present policies governing treatment of employees. I intend to do my best to help strengthen SPSE and further its work. I have served as an Officer and a Board Member on the SPSE board for the past five years.

Kurt Glaesemann (Candidate for President-elect): I am a chemist who has been working either directly or indirectly for the DOE for over 10 years. I have worked at LLNL for 3 years. I have served on the SPSE executive board for 2 years. SPSE has been a effective advocate for the Lab employees and I would like to continue this tradition. I will work to undo the damage done by the personnel policies over the years. These issues (temporary, term, and EBA employees) all revolve around the single issue of employee rights.

Patricia Sholl (Candidate for the Executive Board): I have been a LLNL employee for 20 years and a member of SPSE for almost as long. I believe in the work that SPSE has done and that they have effected many changes in Lab policy. I would like to repay the society and it's members by contributing some of my time. I am a strong supporter of change in the ranking and raise system at LLNL, having experienced a lot of it's arbitrariness and lack of fairness, and will continue to work towards effecting change in this and other LLNL management practices.

William J. Smith (Candidate for the Executive Board): I joined LLNL as a flex-term Engineering employee matrixed to NAI earlier this year. I agreed to run for the executive board to support SPSE's programs to promote healthy commuting, protect employees rights with respect to lie detector tests, and to provide a channel for constructive input into LLNL's complex performance evaluation and ranking process. I'm motivated to work with SPSE members to provide essential input to LLNL management on flex term employees and the status of EBA's (Employees Between Assignments) as well. I bring to LLNL and to SPSE considerable experience in corporate management and government, in which my principle concern has always been to make governing processes more transparent, inclusive, and efficient. I'm the former chair of the County of Alameda Planning Commission and currently sit on the City of Alameda's Civil Service Board. I'm also co-chair of the Sierra Club's Northern Alameda County Conservation Committee and have engaged in many bruising battles with city, county and federal organizations, most notably DOD and DOE. Many of the battles have resulted in meaningful reform of government practices, and all have made back room government processes more transparent to the public.

Jim Wolford (Candidate for the Executive Board): I have worked at LLNL since 1980. I believe the lab's greatest strength lies in the integrity and dedication of its workforce. My best experiences have come in helping others to work better, and in facilitating the resolution of conflict. I would welcome the opportunity to support SPSE's efforts to improve communication throughout the lab.