Rina Yarmish is a Professor of Mathematics at Kingsborough Community College , and has been Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science since 1997. She served as University Faculty Senator representing KCC from 1994 to 1997, and as PSC Chapter Chairperson from 1998 to the present, after a 3-year term as chapter Vice Chair. Rina was a long-term member of the Board of Trustees of the PSC-CUNY Welfare Fund during the times of both Professors Polishook and Bowen, and served as Treasurer of the Welfare Fund for many years. She has been KCC representative to the Welfare Fund Advisory Council for over 15 years. She thus has comprehensive understanding of the Welfare Fund, its operation and finances. A product of CUNY, Rina received her BA in Mathematics from Queens College, and her MS (Applied Mathematics) and PhD from New York University. She has authored three books on Programming Languages; her book Assembler Language Fundamentals has been translated into both Russian and Malaysian. She has published extensively in the fields of programming languages, mathematics and mathematics education. Her experience as department chair and with the PSC and Welfare Fund, along with extensive and detailed understanding of issues affecting our professional lives, make her eminently qualified to assume a leadership role in the PSC at this very critical time. Rina believes that the PSC should focus on the needs of its members – particularly bread and butter unionism. Attention must be refocused on issues of salary, compensation, benefits, grievances, job security and working conditions, and on improved relationships with state and city officials, the press and the public.