Union Label and Service Trades Department Executive Council
Richard Kline
President
Richard Kline began his labor career as a member of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association. He taught in New York City public schools and at Federal City College in Washington, DC. For many years he was an instructor at the George Meany Center in Silver Spring, MD.
A graduate of Lafayette College, Kline served as Director of Communications for the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union for 31 years.…
Amy Wiser
Director Of Communications
Amy Wiser is Director of Communications for the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and has more than 20 years of experience in the ever-evolving communications industry. Prior to joining the Boilermakers, Wiser was Chief Communications Officer for Kiwanis International, where she led the global organization’s overall communications, branding, social media, public relations, publications and marketing efforts. Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Wiser brings experience from the nonprofit, state government, membership and for-profit sectors, including working for Indiana’s leading public relations and advertising agency.…
Dora Cervantes
Secretary-Treasurer
Dora Cervantes became the IAM’s 12th General Secretary-Treasurer on August 1, 2015. She is the first woman to direct the IAM’s finances as General Secretary-Treasurer.
Cervantes first joined the IAM Executive Council on July 1, 2013 as the first Hispanic woman to serve as a General Vice President. Cervantes has served as the Assistant Secretary to the General Secretary-Treasurer since 2012.…
Kenneth W. Cooper
Vice President
International Secretary-Treasurer
International President Lonnie Stephenson appointed Kenneth Cooper International Secretary-Treasurer, effective May 1, 2017.
Kenneth W. Cooper resides in Clarksburg, Maryland with his wife, Gina. Together they have raised 3 beautiful daughters and 2 amazing sons.
In May 2017, International President Lonnie R. Stephenson asked Kenny to join him as International Secretary-Treasurer and serve the IBEW as his partner leading the IBEW.…
John Daniel
Vice President
John Daniel assumed the position of SMART general secretary-treasurer on July 1, 2024, following the completion of Joseph Powell’s previously announced move to a directorial role.
Daniel has steadfastly served SMART members for more than 30 years. Since entering the industry in 1991, he has been a sheet metal fabricator and installer, an instructor, organizer, business representative, financial secretary-treasurer and most recently the president/business manager for Local 265.…
Kenneth Dean
Brother Kenneth “Bill” Dean was initiated into the Local 549 (Wheeling, W.V.) apprenticeship program on December 1, 1977. He was elevated to journeyman status on July 1, 1980. He quickly rose in rank within Local 549 becoming FST/BA in November of 1994. In November of 1997, he was elected FST/BM and served in that position until being appointed by General President Joseph J.…
Fedrick Ingram
Secretary-Treasurer
Fedrick C. Ingram is secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers, serving 1.7 million members, including pre-K through 12th-grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; and nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Ingram is the immediate past president of the 140,000-member Florida Education Association. He also has served as an elected vice president of the AFT’s executive council, and as an AFT vice president for six years (2014-2020) before being elected as the AFT’s secretary-treasurer.…
DERRICK KUALAPAI
General Secretary Treasurer
Pat Kellett, former business manager of Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 and most recently the administrative assistant to the union’s General President, has been elected General Secretary-Treasurer of the United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters (UA). Mike O’Mara, veteran Local 562 business representative, was re-elected to his third term as International Representative.
In a most memorable, and undoubtedly one of the unique moments in the union’s history, a father seconded the nomination of his son for the union’s second highest position.…
Frank Lima
General Secretary-Treasurer
Frank V. Líma has dedicated his life to family, firefighting and organized labor. As a former professional boxer, Los Angeles City fire captain and grassroots labor leader, he lives by his personal credo, “UNITE, FIGHT and ORGANIZE.”
Growing up in Los Angeles, California, Frank Lima has worked three jobs in his life – all union jobs – as a truck driver, a building trades carpenter apprentice and a fire fighter for the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD), which he joined in 1992.…
Brittanie Potter
Vice President
Brittanie Potter was officially appointed as Administrator and Chief of Staff of the Maritime Trades Department in 2023, but she was no stranger to the MTD or the Labor movement.
Nicole Rhine
Nicole R. Rhine was elected NALC secretary-treasurer by acclamation in 2014 during the union’s 69th Biennial NALC Convention in Philadelphia.
Rhine, a member of Lincoln, NE Branch 8, became a member of the NALC as soon as she joined the letter carrier craft, attending branch meetings and state conventions regularly.
“I couldn’t wait to become a member of the union,” she said.…
Debby Szeredy
Executive Vice President
Debby Szeredy was elected in October of 2013 to the position of Executive Vice President of the APWU. She is proud to be the first woman elected to this executive position in the history of the APWU and now works in DC at the APWU Headquarters. She is very proud to be a part of a great inspiring team of leaders that want to make a difference in this movement and to be a part of the people’s revolution.…
James B. Wood
Vice President
James B. Wood has been a member of the International Alliance of the Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC since September 1979, first joining the Motion Picture Studio Production Local 873 as a grip and then the International Cinematographers Guild Local 667.…
David Woods
Secretary-Treasurer
On April 16, 2020, the General Executive Board (GEB) elected David Woods to serve as BCTGM International Secretary-Treasurer.
On December 6, 2019, the General Executive Board elected Woods as the Southern Region International Vice President.
Woods became a member of the BCTGM Local 165G (Knoxville, Tenn.) in August 1989 when he went to work at White Lilly Foods Co.…
