The AFL-CIO Working for America Institute
Board of Directors

Board President

Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO

Board Secretary-Treasurer

Elizabeth H. Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO

Board Members

Peter Angelos, President, Law offices of Peter Angelos

Mark Ayers, President, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Arlene Holt Baker, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO

Jules Bernstein, Bernstein & Lipsett, P.C.

Julian Bond, Chairman, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Robert Bruno, Director, Chicago Labor Education Program

John J. Flynn, President, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

Patricia Friend, International President, Association of Flight Attendants

John Gage, President, American Federation of Government Workers

Leo Gerard, President, United Steel Workers International Union

Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor (1997-2001), New Ventures

Edwin D. Hill, President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Theodore W. Kheel, President, Foundation on Prevention & Early Resolution of Conflict

Fred Mason, President, Maryland State and D.C. AFL-CIO

Gerald McEntee, President, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees

Roger Ramjug, President, Student Alumni

William “Bill” Scheuerman, President and CEO, National Labor College

Martin E. Segal, Chairman Emeritus, Segal Company

Roger Smith, President and CEO, American Income Life Insurance Company

Michael Sullivan, President, Sheet Metal Workers International Association

Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers

James Williams, General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

Kent Wong, Director, University of California, Los Angeles

Non-Voting Board Members

Roger Ramjug, President, Student Alumni, National Labor College

Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich, Chair of the Faculty Senate, National Labor College

Executive Director

Nancy Mills

Assistant Director

Jeffrey D. Rickert