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