Labor Advisory Committee updates for the new fiscal year
The Labor Advisory Committee plays a vital role in connecting educators, labor organizations, and students to ensure our programs remain relevant and high quality. Members represent a broad cross-section of labor organizations, workers, community partners, and worker rights advocates.
We are deeply grateful for the service and dedication of our departing members:
- Laura Dresser, University of Wisconsin-Madison, COWS and School of Social Work
- Jaimie Lucas, Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals
- Rebecca Meier-Rao, Worker Justice Wisconsin
- Peter Rickman, MASH
- Jac Weitzel, Climate Jobs National Resource Center
A special thank you to Pam Fendt, Milwaukee Area Labor Council President, who is stepping down as chair. We’re glad she will continue to serve on the committee. Stepping into the role of chair is Adrienne E. Pagac, Managing Director of University of Wisconsin-Madison Havens Wright Center for Social Justice.
Also, join us in welcoming our newest members:
- Shawn Fain, International Union UAW President
- Tracey Griffith, Building and Construction Trades of South Central Wisconsin Executive Director
- Don Hamric, IBB International Executive Director of Industrial Operations
- John Jacobs, IBEW Local 494 Business Manager
- Jackie Kelly, Wisconsin Labor History Society Executive Director
- Carolina Sarmiento, UW-Madison Associate Professor of Civil Society & Community Studies
- Jason Schmitz, Fox Valley Area Labor Council President
- Jon Shelton, AFT WI President and UW Green Bay Professor/Chair of Democracy and Justice Studies