Members Memorial

Christine (Chris) Grey, Executive Vice President
Chris works with the Department of Transportation I.T. Unit, where she supervises the Help Desk.  Chris gets to know alot of people at DOT.  Chris has been a steward for this Local for two years and has sought more involvement with the union. 

Donald (Don) Gomes, Secretary/Treasurer   Don is the Civil Rights Officer at the Department of Environmental Protection.  He is an active member of the National Guard and has long sought becoming involved more in the union.  Don understands, only too well, the value union membership has within the workplace.

Ruthie Graham, Vice President
Ruthie is with the Department of Conservation and Recreation where she is the “go to” union person for both members and management.  Her relationship with top administrators enables her to resolve many issues before they get out of hand.

Joseph (Joe) DeCinti, Vice President
Joe works as a Program Coordinator of T.B. Control at the Mass Hospital School, Department of Public Health.
Joe is a pivotal person at the Mass Hospital School in his role as TB Coordinator and for helping labor and management better work together.  His reputation for making things work is unparalleled! Joe has over 15 years of experience as a steward and was an MDPH manager for many years before transferring to a bargaining unit position.

 Lorrie Roccoforte, Vice President

Lorrie works for the Department of Early Education and Care.  She has been a steward to this Local for many years, while her duties changed in the Office for Children and later the Office for Child Care Services, which eventually morphed into the DEEC.

Thomas (Tom)Cartier,  Vice President

Tom works for the Department of Workforce Development where he is a very busy Trainer for the department.  Tom has been appointed Interim Vice President since Chuck Rizzotto has retired from state service.  Tom has been a Steward at DWD for a couple of years and is committed to improving the work lives of our union brothers and sisters.

Daniel (Dan) Messia, National Representative

Dan comes out of the Department of Mental Health. He now is on leave from the state from the Commonwealth and works full time representing our members at NAGE Headquarters. Dan carries a hefty caseload of grievances and very effectively works with our Executive Board in strategizing remedies to labor issues.
He is very active in helping our membership to understand their rights and obligations under our Contract
Bargaining Agreement as well as Labor Law.

Richard Waring, NAGE Attorney

Richard comes out of the Board of Registration in Medicine. He works full time at
NAGE mostly representing Unit 6 employees in grievances that go to arbitration (step 4).
Richard advises the President and our Executive Board.

Mary Paquette, National Representative, Springfield NAGE Office

Mary represents our members in grievances and meetings in the western part of Massachusetts. Her office is in Springfield.
She keeps in regular communication with the President, and in that way coordinates activities through the Executive Board and with the President.

Gregory (Greg) Sorozan, President

Greg has been a state employee for 35 years and has worked for the Department of Social Services. He has been a steward for SEIU Local 509 when he was a social worker. When he was promoted into the Central Office of DSS, Greg became a steward and then Executive Board Member for this Local. Since becoming President, Greg has more than doubled the number of stewards and contact people for representing members. Communication vehicles such as newsletters, stewards newsletters, email “push list”, enhanced website have all been instituted. Additionally, he has moved this local union to be proactive (and not only reactive) by developing Labor/Management Subcommittees (See Article 25 of CBA) in many of the Departments represented by this local.