REPRESENTATIVES & STAFF |
DWAYNE STEPHENSDwayne is in his forth 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 was also appointed to the S.M.W.I.A. General Executive Council and is currently the Seventh General Vice-President. Dwayne is the President of the Colorado AFL-CIO, is a member of the Statewide Joint Apprentice Training Committee (J.A.T.C.), a Labor Management Committee member, and the Chairman of all the Trust Fund Committees with 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 an International Scholarship Fund Trustee by Sheet Metal Workers' International Association General President Michael Sullivan. Dwayne entered the Sheet Metal Workers' Local #9 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 |
ERIC DEBEYEric is the Financial Secretary–Treasurer for Local #9 and in addition to those duties, he is also 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.Phone: (303) 922-1213, ext. 15 Fax: (303) 922-1398 Email: edebey@smw9.com |
RANDY MITCHELLRandy was elected the Southern Area Business Representative for Sheet Metal Workers' Local #9 in June of 2009 and is responsible for dispatching members, settling disputes between members and employers, enforcing existing contracts and negotiating new contracts, and any additional duties assigned by the business manager. Randy entered the apprenticeship program in Colorado Springs in June of 1980 and turned out as a journeyman in June of 1984. While working in the field, he achieved the ranks of field foreman, project superintendent and field superintendent. Randy has served on the Statewide Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee and the Labor Management Committee from 1999 to 2006 and was reappointed to those committees in July of 2009.Phone: (719) 632-1290 Toll Free: (866) 304-4759 Fax: (719) 632-6133 Email: rmitchell@smw9.com |
BRAD PARKERBrad 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. Brad has been an instructor at the Denver Training Center since 2008 and became the Training Director in January 2011. He entered the Denver Area Apprenticeship Program in August of 1997 and turned out as a Local #9 journeyman in September 2001.Phone: (720) 855-0305 Fax: (720) 855-0307 Email: bparker@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 |