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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 2020-21
Adrienne Eaton, President, Rutgers University
Wilma Liebman, President-elect, Former Chair, NLRB
Dennis Dabney, Past-President, Kaiser Permanente
Andrew Weaver, Secretary-Treasurer (non-voting), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William Canak, NCAC Chair (non-voting), Middle Tennessee State University (ret.)
Ryan Lamare, Editor-in-Chief (non-voting), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Members of LERA Executive Board (3-year term)
Daniel Altchek (2019-2022), Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP 
Ezio Borchini (2018-21), George Washington University
Heather Boushey (2019-2022), Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Julie Farb (2020-2023), AFL-CIO 
Cyndi Furseth (2018-21), Portland General Electric (ret.)
Shannon Gleeson (2020-2023), Cornell University
Kati Griffith (2019-2022), Cornell University
Erin Johansson (2019-2022), Jobs With Justice
Tamara Lee (2020-2023), Rutgers University
Brad Markell (2018-2021), Industrial Union Council (AFL-CIO)
Javier Ramirez (2020-2023), Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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)
Beverly Harrison (2020-2023), Arbitrator/Mediator (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 Co-Chairs – Jim Pruitt, Kaiser Permanente and Harry Katz, Cornell University
  • Membership Committee Co-Chairs – Cyndi Furseth, PGE (ret.) and David Lewin, UCLA
  • Award Committee Co-Chairs – Janice Bellace, University of Pennsylvania and Paul Clark, Penn State University
  • Nominating Committee Chair – Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Brandeis University
  • LERA Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair – Wilma Liebman, Former Chair, NLRB
  • [email protected] Meeting Program Committee Co-Chairs – Aaron Sojourner, Univ. of Minnesota and William Rodgers III, Rutgers Univ.

Past LERA Presidents

Dennis Dabney, 2019-20
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