PSUFA is governed by an executive council made up of adjuncts just like you who work collectively to make union decisions and best represent our members.
CO-CHair & Chair of Bargaining
Vasiliki Touhouliotis
Vasiliki (she/her) teaches courses on the Middle East in the Department of International and Global Studies at PSU. Having been contingent faculty at five universities and community colleges prior to coming to PSU, she is intimately acquainted with the experience of the casualization of labor in higher education and believes that unions are the only way to create better working conditions for faculty, protect academic freedom, and fight for free college for all. Her academic research and publications explore the protracted injustices of militarized violence from a feminist perspective and she sees the labor struggle as deeply tied with other struggles for racial
and social justice.
Co-Chair & Chair of Communications
Erica Thomas
Erica (she/her) is an artist, designer, and educator, and has been an active member of PSUFA since becoming a faculty member in 2019, and an SEIU member from 2008 to 2011. She earned an MFA in Art and Social Practice from Portland State University in 2014 and has been investigating labor as a part of her art practice for many years. She frequently partners with people and organizations to build solidarity among aligned political movements through art, events, and other activities. She deeply believes that work and the workplace are the sites of universal political struggle and as such she is committed to building power for workers at PSU and beyond.
Chair of Political Action
D.A. Osborne
DA has been teaching at Portland State University for over 15 years, and has been a part of PSUFA since 2010. Over the past two decades, he has been deeply engaged in a wide variety of social movements and organizations that center justice, collective liberation, and relational ways of being with the earth. DA's experience spans education, political action, and democratic governance, and he is excited to bring that background to serve his colleagues within PSUFA, our students, and the broader academic community in his second stint on the executive council.
Interim Diversity Equity Inclusion & Justice (DEIJ) Chair
Tomas Zurita
Tomas (He/El) is a public health educator, advocate and student. He earned his MPH from OHSU-PSU School of Public Health and is now pursuing a PhD in Community Health. His background includes coordinating community-based research on health inequities, lived experiences and equity-centered projects. He has created educational content on public health topics, led cultural humility workshops, and presented at conferences as an adjunct faculty at Portland State. His ongoing commitment to public health equity is rooted in cultural resilience, collaboration, and centering community voices. In his free time, Tomas enjoys spending time with friends and family, fishing, gymmin, cooking or messing around with music production.
Chair of Grievances
Tim Finn
Bio coming soon!
Chair of Membership
Alli Schisler-Blizzard
Bio coming soon!
Chair of Treasury
Adam Gittler
Adam has 25 years of experience in Operational Excellence and Global Supply Chains. His previous work included director-level and managerial roles in Lean Six Sigma, Quality, Operations, & Regulatory Affairs, based in four countries, and holds an MBA from UC-Berkeley MBA. He teaches in Portland State's Global Supply Chain Management program.
Ex Officio & Honorary Chair
Lyndsie Compton
Thank you for your many years of union service!