Board & Staff

Teamsters Joint Council 42 represents 23 Teamster Union Locals located in Southern California, Southern Nevada, Guam, Saipan and Hawaii. Nearly 250,000 working Teamsters and retirees are affiliated with the JC 42 family.

Executive Board

Chris Griswold
President
Rick Middleton
Vice President
Jaime Vasquez
Secretary-Treasurer
Ray Whitmer
Recording Secretary
Tommy Blitsch
Trustee
Eric Tate
Trustee
Lou Villalvazo
Advisory Board
Victor D. Torres
Advisory Board
Advisory Board

Local Union Chief Executive Officers

Fred Horvath
LOCAL 14
Randy Cammack
LOCAL 63
Mike Pharris
LOCAL 166
Abel Garcia
LOCAL 186
Victor Mineros
LOCAL 396
Lindsay Dougherty
LOCAL 399
Victor D. Torres
LOCAL 481
Damascus Castellanos
LOCAL 495
Jaime Vasquez
LOCAL 542
Rick Middleton
LOCAL 572
Lou Villalvazo
LOCAL 630
Tommy Blitsch
LOCAL 631
Lee Fletcher
LOCAL 683
Eric Tate
LOCAL 848
Phil Cooper
LOCAL 896
Ray Whitmer
LOCAL 911
Chris Griswold
LOCAL 986
Kevin Holu
LOCAL 996
Katie Langenstrass
LOCAL 1699
Eric Jimenez
LOCAL 952
Randy Korgan
LOCAL 1932
Jason Rabinowitz
LOCAL 2010
Andrew Robles
LOCAL 2118

Staff

  • Paul Mihalow - Assistant to the President; Editor, Southern California Teamster Newspaper
  • Rocio Grijalva - Events Coordinator
  • Chris Mihalow - Executive Staff
  • Jessica M. Garcia - Executive Staff
  • Hector Delgado - Political Director
  • Espy Valencia - Administrative Assistant/Bookkeeper

“It was the Labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle class security all bear the union label.”
– Barack Obama

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