REPRESENTATIVES & STAFF |
DWAYNE STEPHENSDwayne is in his third 3-year-term as Business Manager for Sheet Metal Workers’ Local #9 and is responsible for the day-to-day affairs of the Local Union. He is Vice-President of the Denver Area Labor Federation, a member of the Statewide Joint Apprentice Training Committee (J.A.T.C.), a Labor Management Committee member, and Chairman of all the Trust Fund Committees within Local #9 (Health Fund, Pension Fund, 401(k) Annuity Fund and Vacation Fund). He has also been appointed to the Tri-County Work Force Investment Board by the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners and has been appointed to be a S.A.S.M.I. and International Scholarship Fund Trustee by S.M.W.I.A. General President Michael Sullivan. Dwayne entered the apprenticeship program in the fall of 1981 and turned out as a journeyman in May of 1985.Phone: (303) 922-1213, ext. 11 Fax: (303) 922-1398 Email: dstephens@smw9.com |
JASON WARDRIPJason was elected as Business Representative for Sheet Metal Workers’ Local #9 in the Denver Area on August 30, 2007. He is responsible for settling disputes between the membership and employers, enforcing the contract and negotiating new contracts as assigned by the Business Manager. He served as Local #9's Warden from July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003, was elected to the E-Board and served from July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2006, and then was elected as Local #9's President from July 1, 2006 through August 26, 2007. Jason was indentured into the Apprenticeship Program in June of 1996 and turned out as a journeyman in July 2000.Phone: (303) 922-1213, ext. 13 Fax: (303) 922-1398 Email: jwardrip@smw9.com |
JOHN FLECKJohn is the Financial Secretary–Treasurer for Local #9 and in addition to those duties, John acts as a Business Representative responsible for settling disputes between the membership and employers, enforcing the contract and negotiating new contracts as assigned by the Business Manager. He serves on the Statewide J.A.T.C. Committee, the Labor Management Committee, is a Trustee to the SMW#9 Trust Funds, the Arapahoe Douglas County Workforce Board, the Denver Area Labor Federation, the Front Range Economic Strategy Center, the Colorado State Democratic Labor Advisory Committee and is currently serving as Vice-President of the Colorado AFL-CIO. He entered the apprenticeship program in September 1982 and turned out as a journeyman in October 1986; later becoming an apprentice instructor from the fall of 1991 through the spring of 1997. He was a member of the Local #9 Executive Board from July 1991 through October 1993, an Organizer from October 1993 through July 1997, a Business Representative from 1997 through 2003, carrying out the additional responsibilities of the Financial Secretary-Treasurer since that time.Phone: (303) 922-1213, ext. 15 Fax: (303) 922-1398 Email: jfleck@smw9.com |
AL GERZEAl was elected as Southern Business Representative for Sheet Metal Workers' Local #9 in July of 2006. He is responsible for dispatching workers, settling disputes between members and employers, enforcing existing contracts and negotiating new contracts, and additional duties as assigned by the business manager. Al entered the apprenticeship program in the spring of 1984 and turned out as a journeyman in the fall of 1988.Phone: (719) 632-1290 Toll Free: (866) 304-4759 Fax: (719) 632-6133 Email: agerze@smw9.com |
LARRY LAWRENCELarry is the Statewide Training Director for Sheet Metal Workers' Local #9, responsible for the supervision of the Apprenticeship Program and the Continuing Education Program for Journeymen. He has been an instructor at the Loveland, Denver and Colorado Springs schools since 1996, was appointed Training Coordinator in November 2002 and became Training Director in February 2006. Larry received his Bachelors Degree in Labor Education and Labor Studies from the National Labor College in June of 2003, and is currently the Chairman of the Colorado Building and Trades Training Directors Association. Larry entered the Denver Area Apprenticeship Program in August of 1991 and turned out as a Local #9 journeyman in June of 1995.Phone: (720) 855-0305 Fax: (720) 855-0307 Email: llawrence@smw9.com |
BRIAN SUMMERSBrian was appointed to the position of Market Development Representative in August 2006, after having previously served as a Business Representative in the Southern Area from October of 1998 through June 2006. He has served on the Statewide J.A.T.C. Committee and the Labor Management Committee and served as an apprentice instructor for 6 years. As an organizer, he is responsible for increasing union membership and signatory contractors for Local #9 and Local #103 in Wyoming. Brian entered the apprenticeship program in the summer of 1982 and turned out as a journeyman in the spring of 1986.Phone: (719) 632-1290 Toll Free: (866) 304-4759 Fax: (719) 632-6133 Email: bsummers@smw9.com |
ANDREW GILLILANDAndy is the Assistant Training Coordinator for the Colorado Springs Training Facility and also a full-time instructor at both the Colorado Springs and Denver Schools. Andy has been teaching since 1996 and recently received his Associate of Arts degree. In 1993, he completed his apprenticeship while working in the Front Range.Phone: (719) 634-0388 Fax: (719) 473-3013 Email: agilliland@smw9.com |
LEONARD E. MARTINEZLeonard is an organizer for the Western Slope area of the state. He has served as the Vice President of Sheet Metal Workers' Local #9 from the summer of 2001 through the present. Leonard has worked in all aspects of the trade, starting in a production sheet metal shop. He is a current member of the El Paso County Democrats and the Southern Colorado Area Labor Council. Leonard is a second generation Local #9 member; his father, Archie Martinez, was one of the first Hispanic members of Local #9 in the Southern Area and is an active retiree.Grand Junction Phone: (970) 523-1559 Grand Junction Fax: (970) 523-1684 Email: lmartinez@smw9.com |
LARRY KOLDEWAYLarry was appointed as a Market Development Representative (Organizer) in April of 2006 and is responsible for increasing union membership and signatory contractors for Local #9. He entered the apprenticeship program in September 1969 and turned out as a journeyman in summer of 1973. Larry has worked his way through the ranks of the Sheet Metal Industry, from journeyman to foreman and then into estimating prior to becoming a Market Development Representative for Local #9.Phone: (303) 922-1213, ext. 22 Toll Free: (888) 831-1213, ext. 22 Cell Phone: (720) 201-6537 Fax: (303) 922-1398 Email: lkoldeway@smw9.com |