Supervises Hearings Office staff, ad hoc hearing officers, and mediators. Chief election officer.

Phone: (517) 373-9953, E-mail: BaidoonS@mi.gov

• Inquiries about procedures for filing grievance appeals and unfair labor practice charges, the mediation process, deferral to arbitration, and the pre-hearing and hearing process.

  Contact Colleen Organek, Assistant to the Manager

  Phone: (517) 241-9092, E-mail: OrganekC@mi.gov
  



• Form requests; scheduling and rescheduling of hearings; requests for special accommodations for hearings; requests for Orders of Appearance and subpoenas; room reservations.

  Contact Mary Gobbo or Shannon Thelen

  Phone: (517) 241-9096, E-mail: MCSC-Hearings@mi.gov
  



• Questions regarding release of hearing officer decisions; availability of Decision Status Tracking and Research System (D*STARS).

  Contact Susan Simmer

  Phone: (517) 241-9093, E-mail: SimmerS@mi.gov
  

Education: BA, Michigan State University (1973); Master of Labor and Industrial Relations, Michigan State University (1975); JD, Thomas M. Cooley Law School (1983). Member of State Bar of Michigan since 1983. Member of the American Arbitration Association Labor Panel.

Phone: (517) 241-9094 E-mail: HutchensW@mi.gov