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CPA to Honor Chavez-Thompson at Annual Awards Dinner, June 24Labor leader Linda Chavez-Thompson will receive
a Pathfinder Award at CPA’s Annual Dinner on June 24
in Washington, DC.
Chavez-Thompson, who was elected Executive Vice President of the AFL-CIO in 1995, has been a champion
of all working families during her thirty years in the
labor movement. A native Texan of Mexican descent, she is
the first person of color ever elected to an executive office of
the AFL-CIO and the highest ranking woman in the
organized labor community. Over the years she rose through the
labor ranks to the International Vice President of the
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union.
In 1995, President Clinton named her a member of
the Advisory Board to the President’s Initiative on Race. She
was elected National Vice-President of the Labor Council
for Latin American Advancement in 1986 and served in this
role through 1996.
CPA Pathfinder Awards are given to individuals
who have made a life’s work of finding viable solutions to
difficult community problems. Other awardees this year
will include Anne Wexler, Joseph Duffy and North Carolina
state Representative Dan Blue.
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ALTERNATIVES
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Alternatives is a publication of the Center for Policy Alternatives – a nonpartisan progressive public policy and leadership development center serving state legislators, state policy organizations, and state grassroots leaders. Alternatives is indexed in Urban Affairs Abstracts. ISSN #1070-3047
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Tim McFeeley,
Executive Director
Jane Gruenebaum,
Chief Operating Officer
Linda Tarr-Whelan,
Board Chair
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STATE NETWORKS
Diallo Brooks,
Southeast Director
Bettye Jo Pakulis,
Northeast Director
Jesse Romero,
Southwest Director
John Freeman,
Midwest Consultant
Jewel James,
State Networks Manager
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POLICY/COMMUNICATIONS
Bernie Horn,
Senior Director, Policy & Communications
Kirsten Lindquist,
Assoc. Director, Policy
Liz Cattaneo,
Assoc. Dir., Communications
Star Wilbraham,
Communications Assistant
Rachel Balick,
Intern
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PROGRAM INITIATIVES
Jen Ray,
Senior Director, Program Initiatives
Helen Gonzales,
Senior Manager, Work and Family Investment
John Wilcox,
Senior Manager, Technology Policy
Jennifer Woolley,
Senior Manager, Women and the Economy Program
Christine Broderick,
Intern, Women and the Economy
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LEADERSHIP
Carolina Zumaran-Jones,
Director, Eleanor Roosevelt Global Leadership Institute & Flemming Fellows Leadership Institute
Maura Hutchens,
Manager, ERGLI & FFLI
Meredith Gurwith,
Intern, ERGLI
Rebecca Valerin,
Intern, FFLI
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ADMINISTRATION/FINANCE
Maxine G. Somerville,
Senior Director of Administration and Human Resources
Tom Gilmer,
Chief Financial Officer
Chantel McCloud,
Manager, Payroll & A/P
John Wilcox,
General Counsel
Shawn Hayden,
Office Manager
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DEVELOPMENT
Chris Rutledge,
Associate Director of Development
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