Staff

Consultant

• Jim Snow, Consultant for Special Projects

Teachers and support staff at Workers’ Education Program

• Francheska Aponte
• Paula Barry
• David Callahan
• Bill Connolly
• Donald France
• Carrie Irujo
• Carla Melo
• Roberta Miller
• Joanne Pinsonneault
• Susan Potter-Alves
• Nadia Rodriguez
• Matthew Ryckebusch
• Donna Teixera
• John of the Trinity

Steering Committee

This committee meets monthly

• Shane Allen, UFCW 328, representative of campus food service workers
• Rich Cabral, Organizer, Painters and Allied Trades, DC 35
• Cynthia Costa, President, AFSCME 507
• Lisa Field, Assoc. Director, Legislative Division, Mass Nurses Assoc.
• Jerry Fishbein, Vice President, 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East
• Peter Knowlton, Past General President, United Electrical Workers
• Lisa Lemieux, President, Greater SE Mass Labor Council
• Jim Pimental, Organizer, Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local 3
• Cynthia Rodrigues, Past President, Greater SE Mass Labor Council

UMass Faculty

• Eric Larson, Crime and Justice
• Lisa Maya Knauer, Sociology/Anthropology

Advisory Board

This board meets once a year and as needed.

• Derek Adamiec, Business Representative, Carpenters 330
• David Araujo, Secretary-Treasurer, Laborers 876
• Colleen Avedikian, Bristol Community College professor
• George F. Belanger, Secretary-Treasurer, Local 59 IBT
• Antonio Cabral, State Representative
• Wilfred Desnoyer, Jr., President, UAW Mass CAP Council
• Steve Dubin, son of founder
• Debra Fastino, Executive Director, Coalition for Social Justice
• Lily Huang, Co-Director, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice
• David Rolando Oliva, Director, Fundacion Romero
• Steven Tolman, President, Mass. AFL-CIO
• Ron Weisberger, Strategic Action Coordinator, BCC, MCCC
• Corinn Williams, Executive Director, Community Economic Development Center
• Len Zandow, Director, Justice Bridge, UMass Law

UMass Dartmouth Faculty

• Elisabeth Arruda, Women and Gender Studies
• Eric Casero, English