CLEVELAND, June 12 — General Chairman J. Warren Dent Jr. was reelected by acclamation to the office of General Chairman at the Union Pacific-Southern Region General Committee of Adjustment meetings in Fort Worth, Texas, from May 31-June 1, 2012.
This will be Brother Dent’s first full term as General Chairman. He was elected to the office of 4th Vice General Chairman at the GCA’s quadrennial convention in 2008, and assumed General Chairman duties in 2009 following the promotion of outgoing General Chairman Gil Gore to the BLET Advisory Board. Brother Dent is a Union Pacific locomotive engineer and member of BLET Division 187 (Fort Worth, Texas). He first joined the Brotherhood on September 1, 1975.
The following officers were also elected: 1st Vice Chairman Dana L. Marlow, Division 179 (Parsons, Kan.); 2nd Vice Chairman Dan H. Underwood, Division 139 (Houston, Texas); 3rd Vice Chairman James Logan Jr., Division 620 (Fort Worth, Texas); 4th Vice Chairman Scott P. Alexander, Division 523 (Chickasha, Okla.); and Secretary-Treasurer Megan C. Mead, Division 197 (San Antonio, Texas). Brothers Marlow, Underwood and Alexander were elected by acclamation. Sister Mead was reelected by acclamation.
The following alternate officers were also elected: 1st Alt. Vice Chairman Tyler R. Gray, Division 775 (Victoria, Texas); 2nd Alt. Vice Chairman Fernando M. Paz, Division 187 (Fort Worth, Texas); and Alt. Secretary-Treasurer Scott J. Piekarski, Division 187 (Fort Worth, Texas).
Visiting dignitaries included: National President Dennis R. Pierce; First Vice President E. Lee Pruitt; National Secretary-Treasurer William C. Walpert; National Vice President Michael D. Twombly; and Special Representative Jim Bradford.
“I offer my congratulations to these hardworking officers and thank them for their service to the Brotherhood,” President Pierce said. “I have every confidence Brother Dent and his team of officers will continue doing an excellent job of providing the best representation possible for our membership.”
The Union Pacific-Southern Region GCA consists of 29 BLET Divisions representing approximately 1,800 active members.