Officers and Board, 2023-24

Officers

PRESIDENT:  Candice Owley, President (Retired), Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, Milwaukee

*VICE PRESIDENT:  Luz Sosa, AFT Local 212, Milwaukee

SECRETARY:  Don Taylor, Professor, University of Wisconsin – Madison School for Workers

*TREASURER:  *Robin Lundgren, Office Manager (Retired), Milwaukee Area Labor Council

Directors

Pablo Baxter, Business Agent/Organizer, IBEW Local 159, Madison

Christopher F. Burkley, IBEW Local 2150, Ogdensburg

Paul Cigler Jr., Teacher, Historian, Appleton

Jillian Marie Jacklin, TAA/AFT Local 3220, Lecturer, UW-Madison

*Elizabeth Jozwiak, Assoc. Prof. of History, UW-Whitewater at Rock County

Harvey Kaye, Prof. of History, UW-Green Bay, Green Bay (Retired)

*Adam Mertz, Library Service Associate, Brown County Library, Green Bay

*David Newby, President Emeritus, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, Madison

*Joanne Ricca, Legislative Representative, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO (Retired), Milwaukee

*Jon Shelton, Asst. Prof., Department of Democracy and Justice, UW-Green Bay, Green Bay

Hugh Sloan, Fox Valley Area Labor Council, Neenah

*Laurie Wermter, Reference Librarian (Retired), UW-Madison Library; AFSCME (ret.)

* Current term of office ends in April-May 2024.  The officers and directors of the organization are elected at the Annual Meeting held in April or May of each year.

Staff:

Jaclyn J. Kelly, Executive Director

PRESIDENT EMERITUS (Past officers, now in volunteer and advisory status)

Steve Cupery, Wisconsin Education Association Council, area director (Retired)

Ken Germanson, United Steelworkers of America (Retired)