Carolyn BobbCarolyn Bobb is the national media manager at the AFL-CIO. A proud Oregonian, Bobb has more than 25 years of communications experience, which included stints with the Bricklayers (BAC) and Laborers (LiUNA), and as a sports and news television producer in Portland. | |
 | Celeste DrakeCeleste Drake is the trade and globalization policy specialist at the AFL-CIO, where she advocates for reforms to U.S. trade policy to create shared gains from trade on behalf of working families. Prior to joining the AFL-CIO, she served as legislative director for Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), legislative counsel for Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), clerk for the Honorable David R. Thompson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and teacher of economics and world history at Granite Hills High School in El Cajon, California. |
Julie FarbJulie Farb is the director of growth strategies at the AFL-CIO. She leads the federation’s program to support affiliate growth campaigns with comprehensive strategies rooted in research and analysis, and to recruit and train campaigners and researchers to build the capacity and power of the movement. | |
 | Cathy FeingoldCathy Feingold is the director of the Global Team at the AFL-CIO. Cathy brings more than 20 years of experience in global economic policy, global worker and human rights issues, with a focus on trade union rights, women's rights and global economic justice. She is the deputy president of the International Trade Union Confederation, the global federation representing 200-million union workers. |
 | Josh GoldsteinJosh Goldstein is the communications director at the AFL-CIO. The son of a teacher and a police officer, Josh has deep roots in the labor movement. In his role as director, he has expanded traditional communications while pioneering new platforms to elevate the voices of working people in America. |
Tiffany HeathTiffany Heath is the state and local senior legislative and policy writer/researcher at the AFL-CIO. A native of New Jersey, Heath is passionate about social and economic justice and advancing the rights of working people. Prior to joining the AFL-CIO, she has worked as the legislative director of Church Women United, and as the director of issues and action for Interfaith Worker Justice. State and Local Legislation: Take Charge of Your Capitol and Win for Workers | |
Carlos JimenezCarlos Jimenez works on special projects at the AFL-CIO. He works with affiliates on strategic organizing campaigns to help build capacity, and conceptualizes, develops and implements programs that aim to strengthen relationships between unions, worker centers and progressive organizations. Prior to joining the AFL-CIO, Jimenez was the executive director for the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, and has worked with a number of unions, community, student, and training organizations, including as a regional organizer at Jobs with Justice. | |
Charles Handel LundyCharles Handel Lundy is the internal organizing coordinator at the AFL-CIO. Prior to the joining the AFL-CIO, Handel organized and represented working people in the healthcare, manufacturing, and service industries for more than 25 years, including with AFSCME, SEIU, UNITE HERE, and most recently, UAW. | |
 | Raquel MurilloRaquel Murillo manages the ACTION! organizing project at the AFL-CIO, where she helps affiliate unions add capacity to organizing efforts by placing vetted applicants in strategic research and organizing apprenticeships. Prior to joining the AFL-CIO, she organized and represented worker for the California Nurses Association, UNITE HERE and SEIU, and assisted on organizing campaigns for a number of unions. |
Michelle PensonMichelle Penson is the assistant director of Data, Analytics and Infrastructure at the AFL-CIO. As an activist and organizer, Penson has more than a decade of experience of bringing data to life in progressive political and organizing campaigns. Prior to joining the AFL-CIO, she was the national data director for PICO National Network and the New Mexico data and targeting manager for America Votes and State Voices. | |
 | Andy RichardsAndy Richards is the deputy director of the AFL-CIO Data, Analytics and Infrastructure Resource, the federation’s newest department charged with providing cutting edge technology to the labor movement and utilizing data to run effective member engagement programs. Andy previously managed the AFL-CIO’s digital mobilization program. Prior to joining the AFL-CIO, he worked on communications, media and mobilization efforts for the Ohio AFL-CIO and the Metropolitan DC Labor Council. He started his labor activism in college as a member of United Students Against Sweatshops. |
Bill SamuelBill Samuel is the director of government affairs at the AFL-CIO. In addition to serving as the chief lobbyist for the 12.5 million-member labor federation, Samuel chairs the AFL-CIO’s Legislative Committee, which is made up of legislative representatives from the federation’s 55 affiliated unions. Samuel returned to the labor movement in January 2001 after a five-year stint in the Clinton administration. From 1984 to 1995, Samuel was the chief lobbyist at the Mine Workers (UMWA). | |
 | Christine Silvia-DeGennaroChristine Silvia-DeGennaro is a legislative and policy specialist at the AFL-CIO. She works with national unions and allies on state and local legislative issues, helps develop state and local policy materials and model bills, provides rapid response assistance to state federations of labor on proactive and defensive issues, and analyzes and monitors state and local legislation. Christine also staffs the National Labor Caucus of State Legislators, a bipartisan network of state lawmakers committed to advancing working family legislation. She is a mom to two amazing kids and spends the rest of her time trying to keep up with them. State and Local Legislation: Take Charge of Your Capitol and Win for Workers |
Peggy ShoreyPeggy Shorey is the director of state and local legislation at the AFL-CIO. She has been in the labor movement for nearly 30 years, working for the UAW, the Greater Hartford Central Labor Council and the Connecticut AFL-CIO, and has served as the executive director of Pride at Work. State and Local Legislation: Take Charge of Your Capitol and Win for Workers | |
Amber SparksAmber Sparks is the digital communications manager at the AFL-CIO. Sparks has more than 15 years of politics, advocacy and labor communications experience. Prior to joining the AFL-CIO, she was an assistant director of communications for the Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). | |
 | Christian SweeneyChristian Sweeney is the deputy director of organizing at the AFL-CIO. Christian From higher education and gaming, to taxi and childcare, Sweeney has assisted workers from diverse industries, such as higher education, gaming, taxi and childcare, in forming unions. Prior to joining the federation, Christian worked in organizing for more than ten years at the UAW, where he helped lead successful organizing campaigns for more than 60,000 workers. |
Charles WowkanechCharles Wowkanech (IUOE) has been the president of the New Jersey State AFL-CIO since 1997. Since he began the Labor Candidate Program two decades ago, the federation has helped more than 1,000 union members win election to public office at every level. This program has helped advance legislation that serves working families, including a statewide project-labor agreement and one of the first paid family-leave programs in the country. Wowkanech serves on numerous boards in New Jersey, and is a member of the AFL-CIO State and Local Advisory Committee and AFL-CIO Executive Council. |
