Stephanie Stewart was elected director of health benefits by mail balloting of NALC members in 2022.

Stewart was hired as a letter carrier in 1995 for the Morgan Street Station in Des Moines, IA, and quickly joined Central Iowa Merged Branch 352.

In 2015, NALC President Fredric Rolando appointed Stewart regional administrative assistant for Region 5, serving Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Rolando appointed her director of health benefits in 2018 to fill a vacancy, and she was elected to the post later that year by national balloting.

Additional information on the NALC Health Benefit Plan, which is available to federal and postal workers as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), can be found by connecting to the NALC Health Benefit Plan website.

Next Generation Carriers and guests are individual union members speaking in a personal capacity and they do not represent the views of the NALC, the United States Postal Service,  or any other entity that is spoken on this program.

NALC Region 7 covers: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Elliot Simmons is running to unseat current NALC Business Agent Patrick Johnson.

NALC Region 10 covers: New Mexico and Texas. Current NBA Shawn Boyd is not running for re-election, he is seeking a higher level position inside the NALC.

Two candidates for Business Agent of Region 10:

• William Moody
• Karrie Blough

Current NALC Business Agent to Region 2 is Nick Vafiades.

Debbie Dixon is running to unseat Nick Vafiades.

Region 2 covers: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington State.

Nicole Rhine and Lew Drass answer unfiltered questions following their 3 hour 2026 NALC Presidential Candidate Roundtable

Sunday, August 23rd, 2026 the 'Next Generation Carriers' podcast and the 'Postal Rosies' podcast organized a, raw, unfiltered, unscripted virtual roundtable with NALC candidates running for the title of: NALC President.

• Mike Caref
• Nicole Rhine
• Lew Drass

Solidarity with all in attendance and submitted questions.

First Part: Mike Caref

Second Part: California Letter Carriers

Third Part: Voting Day for AFL-CIO Delegates

The NextGen crew posted up in a hallway at the 2026 NALC Convention with Lew Drass and Convention Delegates lined up to ask him questions.

This interview was suppose to be 15 minutes but turned into 60+ minutes.

NALC Region 8 covers: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.

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The Valley Labor Report reached out to the Next Generation Carriers podcast to get a report back on the 2026 NALC Convention. Co-host Graig alongside friend of the show Derek Liemohn went on live and discussed a few topics.

Aired: Saturday, Aug. 8th. 2026.