VOICE Local 100A 2023
Leadership Team
The CSEA/VOICE Leadership Team features 4 elected Local Union Officers who fill the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. There are 26 geographically defined Local 100A Chapters in CSEA (view map), each with an elected Chapter Representative. The Monroe Chapter has 2 representatives due to its high population density. There are also 3 Early Learning and Care Representatives on staff to serve the membership and support the leadership team, plus a Director of CSEA Early Learning and Care Programs to assist the President in executing program objectives statewide.
VOICE 100A Officers
Voice 100A Chapter Representatives
Cheryl Oare
Temporarily Covering Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton Counties
Early Learning and Care Representative Cheryl Oare
Temporarily Covering Oswego, Seneca, Cayuga Counties
Chapter 26
CSEA/Voice Staff
Bonnie Caldwell
Director of Early Learning and Care Programs
Wendy Nashid-Jackson
Early Learning and Care Representative
Covering Long Island, Westchester, Rockland and all of the Mid-Hudson Valley.
Nancy Cordero
Early Learning and Care Representative
Meagan Palmer
Early Learning and Care Support Specialist
Cheryl Oare
Early Learning and Care Representative
Bilingual CSEA/VOICE Resource Center (Spanish/English)
Early Learning and Care Associate
A Word
From Our President
Since our founding in 2002, we have grown our union power and strength exponentially, negotiating four successful OCFS contracts. We’ve built valuable relationships with OCFS and DSS making significant changes to the profession for all home based child care in New York.
We use our powerful voice in every level of government to make sure reimbursement rates are fair, subsidy programs work for families and our child care programs are protected with investment in the child care workforce.
We have the power to solve statewide and local issues as they arise, have valuable member-only benefits like our affordable, specialized liability and homeowners insurance policies for Family Child Care Providers from Pearl Insurance, vision and dental coverage for the whole family, money-saving telemedicine health coverage just to mention a few!
We are so excited for what is to come. Growing our union and building more power ensures that we can move ahead with solving the issues we face, safeguarding our profession and a successful future.