Newly Elected Cleveland AFL-CIO Board Members
The strength of the Cleveland AFL-CIO Federation of Labor is our affiliated unions. We have strong, diverse leadership from those unions. They all serve without compensation to help lead the labor movement. We thank them for their incredible leadership:
President:
Loree Soggs , Executive Secretary, Cleveland Building & Construction Trades Council (CBCTC)
Chairperson:
Anton Farmby, City Director, Service Employees International Union (SEIU Local 3)
Executive Secretary:
Harriet Applegate, North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor
Treasurer:
John Kilbane, Business Manager, Laborers 310
Reporting Secretary:
Virginia Robinson, Retiree, Paper And Chemical Workers (PACE) Local 5622
Trustees:
Patrick Gallagher, Staff Representative, United Steel Workers (USW)
Mike Bauer, Regional Director, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Ohio Council 8
Tom Robertson, President, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 880
Vice Presidents:
Julie Albers, President, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 3360
Jim Astorino, President, Northern Ohio Firefighters Association
Tim Buxton, Staff Representative, United Steel Workers (USW)
Jim Caruso, Lake County Vice Chair
Terry Conroy, Business Manager, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District 6 Council
Joanne DeMarco, President, Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) Local 279
Jim Embrescia, Business Agent, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 38
John Gallo, Cleveland Retirees Council
Judy Gallo, Retiree, Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 17
Robert Grauvogl, Secretary-Treasurer, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 880
Lisa Hetrick, Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) District 1199
Gary Johnson, President, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 268
Meryl Johnson, Trustee-At-Large, Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) Local 279
Richard Peery, Executive Board
Davida Russell, President, Ohio Association of Public School Employees/American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (OAPSE/AFSCME) Local 744
Bob Schiebli, Lake County Chair
Ed Thomas, Vice President, Bakers, Confectioners, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Local 19
Dallas Sells, Executive Director, Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees-Hotel and Restaurant Employees (UNITE-HERE) Local 10
Dean Wright, President and Directing Business Representative, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM&AW) District 54
Joyce Williams, American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 72
Pam Wynn, President, Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local 4309