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AFL-CIO DPE Elects New Officers

June 23, 2009

DPE Alert! DPE Elects Leaders for the Next Four Years

The DPE General Board, at its Quadrennial meeting on June 18, 2009, elected these leaders for the next four years:

Chair of DPE: Tom Lee (President, AFM)

President of DPE: Paul E. Almeida

First Vice President of DPE: Bill Lucy (Secretary-Treasurer, AFSCME)

Treasurer of DPE: Antonia Cortese (Secretary-Treasurer, AFT)

General Vice Presidents of DPE:                

J. Walter Cahill (3^rd Vice President, IATSE)

John Connolly (Executive Director, AEA)

Kim Hedgpeth (Executive Director, AFTRA)

Greg Junemann (President, IFPTE)

Phil Kugler (Assistant to the President and Director of Organization and Field Services, AFT)

Carol Landry (International VP at Large, USW)

John McGuire (Senior Advisor, SAG)

Sharon Pinnock (Director, Membership and Organization Department, AFGE)

Nancy Wohlforth (Secretary-Treasurer, OPEIU)

The DPE extends its congratulations and thanks. A special thanks to former USW Secretary-Treasurer Jim English, who served on the DPE Executive Committee until his retirement this year; and a special welcome to Carol Landry, who now represents USW.