LERA conducts annual elections for its officers and and members of the Executive Board. Terms begin and end in June, in conjunction with the LERA Annual Meetings. LERA accepts nominations from LERA members continuously; you can submit your nominations for candidates here: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/4537637. 

LERA Officers 2018-19
Dennis Dabney, President, Kaiser Permanente
Adrienne Eaton, President-Elect, Rutgers University
Kris Rondeau, Past President, AFSCME
Ryan Lamare, Secretary-Treasurer (non-voting), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William Canak, NCAC Chair (non-voting), Middle Tennessee State University (ret.)
Ariel Avgar, Editor-in-Chief (non-voting), Cornell University

Members of LERA Executive Board (3-year term)
Sylvia Allegretto (2017-20), Center on Wage & Employment Dynamics
Daniel Altchek (2019-2022), Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.
John Amman (2018-20), IATSE Local 600
Ezio Borchini (2018-21), George Washington University
Heather Boushey (2019-2022), Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Bill Dirksen (2017-20), Ford Motor Company
Virginia Doellgast (2017-20), Cornell University
Cyndi Furseth (2018-21), Portland General Electric (ret.)
Kati Griffith (2019-2022), Cornell University
Erin Johansson (2019-2022), Jobs With Justice
Brad Markell (2018-2021), Industrial Union Council (AFL-CIO)
Sheila Mayberry (2017-20), Arbitrator/Mediator
Jake Rosenfeld (2019-2022), Washington State University, St. Louis
Maite Tapia (2019-2021), Michigan State University
David Weil (2018-21), Brandeis University

Regional Vice Presidents and Members of the LERA Executive Board (3-year term)
Jim Pruitt (2017-21), Kaiser Permanente (West Region)
Michele Hoyman (2017-20), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (East Region)
Robert Chiaravalli (2019-2022), Strategic Labor and HR LLC (Mid Region)

UCIRHRP Chair and Member of the LERA Executive Board
Paul Clark (2018-2021), Penn State University

LERA Committee Chairs (appointed)

• Development Committee Chair – Jim Pruitt, Kaiser Permanente
  
• Membership Committee Chair – Cyndi Furseth, PGE (ret.)
  
• Strategic Thinking Committee Chair (Ad Hoc) – David Lewin, UCLA
• Implementation Committee Chair (Ad Hoc) – Bonnie Castrey, Dispute Resolution Services
• Award Committee Co-Chairs – Janice Bellace, University of Pennsylvania and Paul Clark, Penn State University
  
• Nominating Committee Chair – Virginia Doellgast, Cornell University
  
• LERA Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair – Adrienne Eaton, Rutgers University
  
• [email protected] Meeting Program Committee Co-Chairs – Till Von Wachter, UCLA and Aaron Sojourner, University of Minnesota
  

Past LERA Presidents

Kris Rondeau, 2018-19
Harry Katz, 2017-18
Janice Bellace, 2016-17
Bonnie Prouty Castrey, 2015-16
Martin Mulloy, 2014-15
Lisa Lynch, 2013-14
David Lewin, 2012-13
Gordon Pavy, 2011
Eileen Appelbaum, 2010
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, 2009
Anthony Oliver Jr., 2008
Eileen B. Hoffman, 2007
David Lipsky, 2006
Stephen Sleigh, 2005
Marlene K. Heyser, 2004
Paula Voos, 2003
John F. Burton Jr., 2002
Magdalena Jacobsen, 2001
Sheldon Friedman, 2000
Thomas A. Kochan, 1999
F. Donal O'Brien, 1998
Francine Blau, 1997
Hoyt T. Wheeler, 1996
Walter Gershenfeld, 1995
Lynn R. Williams, 1994
George Strauss, 1993
Ernest J. Savoie, 1992
James L. Stern, 1991
Robert B. McKersie, 1990
Joyce Miller, 1989
Phyllis A. Wallace, 1988
Michael H. Moskow, 1987
Lloyd Ulman, 1986
Everett Kassalow, 1985
Wayne L. Horvitz, 1984
Jack Stieber, 1983
Milton Derber, 1982
Rudolph A. Oswald, 1981
Jack Barbash, 1980
Jerome M. Rosow, 1979
Charles C. Killingsworth, 1978
F. Ray Marshall, 1977
Irving Bernstein, 1976
Nat Goldfinger, 1974
Douglas H. Soutar, 1973
Benjamin Aaron, 1972
Georg Hildebrand, 1971
Douglass V. Brown, 1970
Frederick Harbison, 1969
George Shultz, 1968
Neil W. Chamberlain, 1967
Arthur Ross, 1966
Edwin Young, 1965
Solomon Barkin, 1964
William F. Whyte, 1963
Charles Myers, 1962
John Dunlop, 1960