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UALE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CONTACTS Committees Caucuses Task Forces Work Teams Executive Board President Dennis Serrette CWA 501 Third St. NW Washington, DC 20001 dserrette@cwa-union.org ph: 202-434-9503 University Vice President Dawn Addy Florida International Univ. Center for Labor Research & Studies Miami FL,33187 addyd@fiu.edu ph: 305-348-2615 Union Vice President Verlene Jones King County Labor Council 2800 1st Ave. Seattle WA 98121 verlenekclc@igc.org ph: 206-441-7102 Treasurer Robert Ginsburg Center on Work and Community Development 70 E. Lake St., Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60601 rginsburg@igc.org ph: 312-346-2078 fx: 312-578-9285 Secretary Tess Ewing UMass Boston Labor Resource Center 104 Auburn St. Cambridge MA 02139 tess.ewing@umb.edu ph: 617-287-7352 Eastern Region Damone Richardson Cornell University 16 East 34th St., 4th floor New York, NY 11205 dr64@cornell.edu ph: 212-340-2803 Southern Region Joan G. Hill USW International Union 3340 Perimeter Hill Drive Nashville, TN 37211 johill@usw.org ph: 615-834-8590 fax: 615-333-6667 Midwestern Region Maurice "Skip" Turner Labor Studies Ctr, ILIR U. Mich 1111 East Catherine Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2054 skimale@umich.edu ph: 734-764-6395 Western Region Betsy McConnell- Gutierrez AFSCME WFSE Local 304 South Seattle Community College, Duwamish Apprenticeship Training Center 6770 East Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA 98108-3405 bmcconne@sccd.ctc.edu ph: 206-763-5134 fax: 206-764-7949 At-Large Howard Kling University of Minnesota 458 Laurel Ave. St. Paul, MN 55102 hkling@csom.umn.edu ph: 612-624-4326 At-Large Gregory Murray IAMAW P.O Box 688 California, MD 20619 gmurray@iamaw.org ph: 301-373-3300 fax: 301-373-2850 At-Large Thandabantu Iverson Indiana University 9034 Potawatomi Trail Gary, IN 46403 tiverson@iun.edu ph: 219-981-4272 Board Member for Community-Based Labor Educators Steve Schnapp United for a Fair Economy 29 Winter St. Boston, MA 02108 sschnapp@faireconomy.org ph: 617-423-2148 Board Member for U. & College Labor Centers Sally Alvarez Cornell ILR Extension 16 E. 34th Street New York, NY 10016 sma21@cornell.edu ph: 212-340-2816 Board Member for Union-Based Educators Tony Picarazzi Sheet Metal Workers International Association 1750 New York Ave. NW Washington, DC 20006 tpicarazzi@smwia.org ph: 202-662-0843 fax: 202-662-0891   LSJ Liaison Bruce Nissen Florida International University 5130 Jackson Street Hollywood, FL 33021 nissenb@fiu.edu ph: 305-348-2616     Founding Executive Board Our first Executive Board elected at founding meeting. From left, John Revitte, Kent Wong, Elise Bryant, Katarina Davis del Valle, Bruce Nissen, Edgar Moore, Roberta Till-Retz, Phyllis Ohlemacher, Tess Ewing, Donald Spatz, Charles Micallef.   Constitutional Standing Committees Annual Conference Planning Committee: Michelle Kaminski, mkaminsk@msu.edu, and Dennis Serrette, dserrette@cwa-union.org, Co-Chairs Members: Carol Anderson, James Beeharilal, Cecelie Counts, Nancy DellaMattera, PJ Dowsing-Buie, Bob Ginsburg, Rich Klimmer, Grainger Ledbetter, Charley Richardson, Jean Troutman-Poole, Susan Washington, Verlene Wilder, Mike Wisniewski, Helena Worthen Academic Standards: Chair and Committee to be named Constitution and Bylaws: Chair and Committee to be named Institutional Membership Committee: Diane Thomas Holladay, dlthomashol@ualr.edu, Chair Professional Welfare Committee: Chair and Committee to be named   Top of Page   Constitutional Caucuses Membership is open to any member in good standing. Please contact the chair if you would like to participate in a caucus.   Women Workers' Caucus: Helena Worthen, hworthen@uic.edu, Chair Verlene Wilder, verlenekclc@igc.org, Co-Chair Members: Teresa Bill, Elise Bryant, Susan Chacin, Yvette DelaCruz, Nancy DellaMattera, Katerina Davis DelValle, Johanne Deschamps, P.J. Dowsing-Buie, Paula Finn, Amy Hall, Karin Hart, Maureen Holder, Susan Jacine, Cheryl Johnson, Elaine Kennedy, Michelle Kaminski, Jane Kiser, Jill Kreisky, Helen Lee, June McMahon, Dale Melcher, Julien Minard, Ted McCormack, Helen Moss, Lorene Randall, Cathy Shelton, Rae Sovereign, Diane Stokes, Pam Tau Lee, Adrienne Valdez, Susan Washington, Verlene Wilder. Judy Ancel, Barbara Byrd, Claudia Cortez, Alana Dave, Yvette DelaCruz, Carrie Eade, Tess Ewing, Lynn Feekin, Yvonne Ihnken, Lisa Jordan, Kate Kline, Jean Troutman-Poole, Catherine Sutton    Workers of Color Caucus: M. Thandabantu Iverson, Chair tiverson@iun.edu  Members: Edgar Moore, David Alexander, Geri Hill, Lorrene Randall, Lucilene Whitesell, Katarina Davis del Valle   Union Caucus: (inactive at present)   Lesbian and Gay Caucus: Rae Sovereign, nsoverei@iusb.edu, Chair Members: Stephanie Arellano, Troy Arnold, Teresa Conrow, Steve Edwards, Tess Ewing, Karin Hart, Kim William Jones, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Larry Kelly, Janice Kimball, Patricia Reeve, Deborah Rosenstein, Sue Schurmann, Rae Sovereign    Top of Page   Task Forces Central Labor Councils: Barbara Byrd <bbyrd@uoregon.edu> and Cathy Howell, Co-Chairs Barbara Byrd University of Oregon, Portland Labor Education and Research Center 722 SW Second Ave #230 Portland, OR 97204 503-725-3295 Organizing: Lynn Feekin, Chair feekin@oregon.uoregon.edu University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center 1289 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1289 541-346-5054 Members: Joe Berry, Kate Bronfenbrenner, Warren Mar, Ruth Needleman, Bruce Nissen, Donald Spatz, Jean Troutman Poole, Lucilene Whitsell   Political-Economy: Robert Bruno, Contact bbruno@uic.edu University of Illinois Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations Chicago Labor Education Program Rice Building, Suite 214 815 West Van Buren Chicago, IL 60607 312-996-2491 Members: (partial list; task force in formation) David Cormier, Chuck Davis, Lisa Jordan   Women's Summer Schools: Helena Worthen, Chair hworthen@uic.edu University of Illinois ILIR 815 West Van Buren #214 Chicago, IL 60607 312-996-2623 Members: Johanne Deschamps, Yvette DelaCruz, Nancy DellaMattera, Helen Lee, Susan Chacin, Tracy Chang, Maureen Allen Holder, Cheryl Johnson, Adrienne Valdez, Teresa Bill, Elise Bryant, Cathy Shelton, Katarina Davis Del Valle, Paula Finn, PJ Dowsing-Buie, Rae Sovereign, Lorene Randall   Worker Participation: (inactive at present) Michelle Kaminski, Chair mkaminsk@msu.edu Labor Education Program Michigan State University 413 S. Kedzie Hall East Lansing MI 48824-1032 517-432-0933 Members: Lee Balliet, Dave Cormier, Maria-Luz Samper, Sarah Etherton, John Kretzschmar, Steve Babson    Top of Page   Ad Hoc Transition Work Teams Building UALE and Finance: Donald Spatz, Chair donaldspatz@compuserve.com Members: Kent Wong, Katarina Davis del Valle, Paul Rainsberger, Alvaro Moreno, Ted McCormick, Gordon McClelland, John Kretzschmar, Jill Kriesky, Howard Harris, Margaret Hallock, Dave Copley, Bob Bussell, Leonard Beauchamp   Communications: Tess Ewing, Chair tess.ewing@umb.edu Members: Charles Micallef, David Alexander, Sarah Etherton, Bill Murphy, Peggy Wilson, Jerry Boeson, Ed Czarnecki, Jim Abrams, Fred Glass, Mike Wisniewski    Top of Page

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