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)