Our
Current Board of Directors..
Morton Bahr, President,
President
President Emeritus, Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Canadian Labour Congress. Chairman, AFL-CIO International Affairs Committee. Vice President of Union Network International (UNI). Former president of UNI’s World Telecom sector, representing 3 million workers in 120 countries. Recognized as a leading voice of the labor movement, both in the United States and internationally.
Steve
Protulis,
Executive Vice President
Executive Director, Elderly
Housing Development & Operations Corporation. Former
Executive Director, National Council of Senior Citizens
(NCSC). More than 30 years of social and political activism.
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Leo W. Gerard , Vice President for Operations
United Steelworkers International President. He was instrumental in the formation of the Industrial Union Council of the AFL-CIO, and in February 2003, was appointed to serve on the AFL-CIO’s Executive Committee, as well as serving on its Executive Council. He was named Chair of the AFL-CIO’s Public Policy Committee in March 2005. He also serves on the U.S. National Commission on Energy Policy and is a founding board member of the Apollo Alliance, a non-profit public policy initiative for creating good jobs in pursuit of energy independence.
Edward L. Romero, Vice
President for Quality
Former Ambassador of Spain. He was the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Advanced Sciences, Inc., a 600 employee’s int. environmental engineering and waste management corp. that merged with Commodore Applied Technologies, Inc. He has been a member of the U.S. Trade Representative’s Services Policy Advisory Committee and has led a number of U.S. delegations to Mexico, during the Carter administration, he served on the Federal Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and he was a member of the U.S. delegations to the Helsinki Accords.
Maria
C. Cordone,
Secretary
Director
of Community Services and Retirees, International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW). Current Vice
Chairperson, Democratic National Committee Senior Coordinating
Council. More than 34 years of social and political activism.
Susan
L. Phillips,
Treasurer
Former International Vice President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). Areas of interest and responsibility included retirees, women, and young people. Served as National President, Coalition of Labor Union Women. More than two decades of public service.
Tony Fransetta, Director
A medaled veteran of the U.S. Navy. He worked for Ford Motors Company, Foundry and Engine Operations, Local 1250 until his retirement in 1990. During that time he represented 15,000 employees, where he negotiated contracts charing joint Ford/U.A.W. programs. He was appointed a delegate to the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, is President of the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, and serves as a General Policy Board member of the National Alliance of Retired Americans.
Roger Smith, Director
Chief Executive Officer and President of American Income Life. He became the SGA for the states of Illinois and Iowa building one of the leading agencies within AIL. Since assuming the leadership of AIL’s sales force he has instituted a highly successful turnaround which has led to record growth and production for the company. In 2002, AIL became the most profitable distribution system with Torchmark.
Joseph
J. Hunt, Director
General
President, International Association of Bridge, Structural,
Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers. Former officer,
Iron Workers Local Union No. 396, St. Louis, MO. Currently
serves on the boards of Maritime Trades Department, Metal
Trades Department; Governing Board of Presidents, Building
and Construction Trades Department. More than two decades
of political and social service.
Marjorie Colebut-Jackson, Director
President
of the Pequot Pharmaceutical Network (PRxN) and Chairperson
of the PRxN Board of Directors. Corporator for the Board
of Directors for Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New
London, CT. Member of the American Public Health Association.
More than 20 years of healthcare services.
