Board Directory

UALE Executive Board, 2025-2027

Officers

President: Elizabeth Pellerito (University of Massachusetts, Lowell)

Vice President – Unions: Denise Hampden (Unifor Local 2025)

Vice President – Higher Education: Zach Cunningham (Climate Jobs Institute, Cornell University ILR School)

Secretary: Aliqae Geraci (City University of New York)

Treasurer: Valerie Braman (AFSCME Education and Leadership Training Department)

Executive Board

Midwest Region Representative: UnoBlessed Coons (Indiana AFL-CIO)

Northeast Region Representative: Jerry Levinsky (UMASS Labor Center)

Southern Region Representative: Eric Angel (United Steelworkers Education Department)

Western Region Representative: Abigail Doupnik (AFSCME)

Higher Education Representative: Justin McBride (UCLA Labor Studies Program)

Union Representative: Richard Gaboton (Professional Institute of Public Service of Canada)

Community Representative: Sherman Henry (Jobs with Justice – ABSI)

At-Large Representative: Mara Rafferty (WA Labor Education and Research Center)

At-Large Representative: Kayleigh Truman (Rutgers AAUP-AFT, IATSE Local 1)

At-Large Representative, Canada: Renee LaPorta (IFPTE Local 160)

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