District 3 and 9 Vice Presidents Elected

June 25, 2009

Delegates from Districts 3 and 9 elected vice presidents at the 71st convention.

Pres. Cohen swears in new vice presidents Judy Dennis and Jim Weitkamp.

District 3's new Vice President is Judy Dennis, who has served as administrative director to the District 3 vice president since 2005. She first joined staff in 1999 as a CWA Representative and served Local 3207 as president and in several other positions. Dennis replaces Beverly Hicks who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of former vice president Noah Savant who retired in January.

Jim Weitkamp was elected as District 9 Vice President. Weitkamp, a member of CWA 9505 since 1977, joined CWA's staff as Southern California Director in 1988 and had served as assistant to the District 9 vice president since 2004. He was appointed District 9 vice president in January following the retirement of former vice president Tony Bixler.