Labor and Employment Relations Association
Committee Rosters
Links to Committees:
Development/Contributions | Editorial | Editorial Advisory Board (PoW) | Finance/Membership | Grants/Sponsorship | Industry Councils Coordinating | Interest Section Coordinating | National Chapter Advisory | Program - 64th AM | Program - ASSA/AEA | Best Dissertation Award | Best International Paper Award | LERA Awards | SCE Grant
Standing Committees
Development and Contributions Committee
Ralph Craviso, Craviso and Associates, Chair (2014)
Janice Bellace, University of Pennsyvlania
Peter Berg, Michigan State University
Robert Chiaravalli, Strategic Labor and HR LLC
Eileen Hoffman, FMCS
Thomas A. Kochan, MIT
David B. Lipsky, Cornell University
Robert McKersie, MIT
F. Donal O'Brien, Arbitrator
Anthony Oliver, Jr., Parker Milliken Clark O'Hara and Samuelian
Dennis Rocheleau, General Electric
Stephen R. Sleigh, IAM National Pension and Benefit Fund
Peter Feuille, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012) - Ex officio, Secretary-Treasurer
Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research (2012) - Ex officio, Past President
David Lewin, UCLA (2013) - Ex officio, President
Lisa Lynch, Brandeis (2014) - Ex officio President-elect
Marlene Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies (2011) - Ex officio, Grants/Sponsorships Chair
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO (2013) - Ex officio, Past President
John F. Burton, Jr., Rutgers University (2012) - Ex officio, Past Committee Chair
Editorial Committee
Françiose Carré and Christian Weller, University of Massachusetts-Boston (2012), Co-chairs & Co-Editors in Chief
Mark Anner, Pennsylvania State University (2011)
Lisa Bingham, Indiana University (2013)
Dale Belman, Michigan State University (2011)
Joseph Blasi, Rutgers University (2013)
Dennis Kuhl, The Boeing Company (2013)
Ruth Ruttenberg, National Labor College (2011)
Danielle van Jaarsveld, University of British Columbia (2011)
Peter Feuille, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012) - Ex Officio, Secretary-Treasurer
Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research (2012) - Ex officio, Past President
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011) - Ex officio, Past President
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO (2013) - Ex officio, Past President
Susan Cass, MIT (2011) - Ex officio, POW EAB Chair
Editorial Advisory Board
Susan Cass, MIT, Editor and Chair
John W. Budd, University of Minnesota, Collective Bargaining Interest Section Representatives
Doug Drake, FMCS, NCAC Neutral Representative
Ann C. Frost, University of Western Ontario, Work and Employment Relations Network Representative
Ian Greer, Leeds University, International Section Representative
Owen Herrnstadt, IAMAW, Globalization, Investment and Trade Section Representative
Erin Johannson, American Rights at Work, Labor Studies & Union Research Section
Oren Levin-Waldman, Metropolitan College of New York, Labor/Economics Section Representative
Sheila Mayberry, Attorney/Arbitrator, Dispute Resolution Interest Section Representative
Eric Mooshegian, IUOE Local 148, NCAC Labor Representative
Arthur Schwartz, General Motors Corporation, Manangement Representative
David C. Yamada, Suffolk University Law School, Labor and Employment Law Section Representative
Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research - Ex officio, LERA Past President
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Ex officio, LERA Past President
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO - Ex officio, LERA President
Thomas A. Kochan, MIT - Ex officio, co-founder and former co-editor of Perspectives on Work
Hoyt N. Wheeler, University of South Carolina - Ex officio, co-founder and former co-editor of Perspectives on Work
Charles Whalen, Cornell University - Ex officio, former editor, Perspectives on Work
Paula D. Wells, LERA - Ex officio, LERA Executive Director
Finance/Membership Committee
Bonnie Prouty Castrey, Arbitrator/Mediator, Co-chair (2015)
Jeffrey Keefe, Rutgers University, Co-chair (2015)
William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University
Robert Chiaravalli, Strategic Labor and HR LLC
Ralph Craviso, Craviso and Associates
Julie Martinez Ortega, American Rights at Work
Michael Zweig, SUNY-Stony Brook
Peter Feuille, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012) - Ex officio, Secretary-Treasurer
Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research (2012) - Ex officio, Past President
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011) - Ex officio, Past President
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO (2013) - Ex officio, President
Grants and Sponsorship Committee
Marlene Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies, Chair
Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Thomas A. Kochan, MIT
Anthony Oliver, Jr., Parker Milliken Clark O'Hara and Samuelian
Arthur R. Schwartz, Labor and Economics Associates
Stephen R. Sleigh, IAM National Pension and Benefit Fund
Dennis Teel, FMCS
Ralph Craviso, Craviso and Associates - Ex officio, Development Chair
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Ex officio, Past President
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO - Ex officio, President
Industry Councils Coordinating Committee
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014), Chair
Aerospace
Neil Gladstein, IAMAW Strategic Research (2013)
Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota (2013)
Dennis Kuhl, The Boeing Company (2013)
Airline
Robert DeLucia, Airline Industry Relations Conf. (2013)
Thomas A. Kochan, MIT (2013)
Andrew von Nordenflycht, Simon Fraser University (2014)
Automobile
Linda Ewing, UAW (2012)
John Paul MacDuffie, University of Pennsylvania (2012)
Arthur Schwartz, Labor and Economics Associates (2012)
Construction
Dale Belman, Michigan State University (2012)
James M. O'Neill, Hill International, Inc. (2012)
John Spavins, NYC Dept of Design & Construction (2012)
Health Care
Bonnie Summers, BlueCross BlueShield Association (2014)
Rebecca Givan, Cornell University (2014)
Paul Clark, Penn State University (2014)
Higher Education
Michael Loconto, Harvard University (2012)
Judith Stilz Ogden, Clayton State University (2013)
Public Sector
Jeffrey Keefe, Rutgers University (2014)
Michael Filler, IBT (2014)
Utilities
Thomas J. Schneider, Restructuring Associates, Inc. (2012)
Jim Voye, IBEW (2013)
Susan Cass, MIT, Ex officio, Perspectives on Work
National Chapter Advisory Committee
William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University, (2012), Chair
Bonnie Castrey, Arbitrator/Mediator (2012)
Kathleen Erskine, FMCS (2013)
Beverly Harrison, Arbitrator/Mediator (2013)
Marlene Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies (2013)
Philip LaPorte, Georgia State University (2013)
Eric Mooshegian, IUOE Local 148 (2013)
Lavonne Ritter, FMCS (2012)
Patrick Rasco, NASA (2013)
Dennis Teel, FMCS (2012)
Peter Feuille, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012) - Ex officio, Secretary-Treasurer
Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research (2012) - Ex officio, Past President
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO (2013) - Ex officio, President
Program Committee - LERA 64th Annual Meeting
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO, LERA President and Program Committee Chair
Charles Whalen, Cornell University, Co-chair, Academic
Bonnie Summers, BlueCross BlueShield Association, Co-chair, Practitioner
Owen Herrnstadt, IAM (through 2012 meeting)
Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University, Academic (through 2012 meeting)
Revae Moran, US Gov't Accountability Office, Neutral (through 2014 meeting)
Ralph Craviso, Craviso and Associates, Management (through 2014 meeting)
Jeffrey Wenger, Academic (through 2013 meeting)
Todd Dickey, Cornell Univerisity, Student (through 2012 meeting)
Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research - Ex officio, LERA Past President
David Lewin, UCLA - Ex officio, President Elect
Françoise Carré, University of Massachusetts-Boston - Ex officio, Co-Editor in Chief
Peter Feuille, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Ex officio, Secretary-Treasurer
Robert Hoell, Georgia Southern University - Ex officio, Poster Chair
William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University - Ex officio, NCAC Chair
Program Committee - ASSA/AEA Annual Meeting
Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Chair
Randy Albelda, Univ of Massachusetts-Boston
Peter Berg, Michigan State University
Lonnie Golden, Penn St Univ-Abington
Sandy Jacoby, UCLA
Bill Rodgers, Rutgers University
Jeannette Wicks-Lim, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Awards Committees
Thomas A. Kochan and Stephen R. Sleigh Best Dissertation Award Committee
Bruce E. Kaufman, Georgia State University, Chair
Ann C. Frost, University of Western Ontario
Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers University
James G. Scoville Best International Paper Award Committee
Mark Stuart, University of Leeds (2012), Chair
John Budd, University of Minnesota (2012)
Sarosh Kuruvilla, Cornell University (2012)
Valeria Pulignano, KU Leuven (2012)
Nick Wailes, University of Sydney (2012)
LERA Awards Committee
Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota (2013), Chair
Alex Colvin, Cornell University (2012)
Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University (2012)
Rafael Gomez, University of Toronto (2012)
Lisa Jordan, Steelworkers (2014)
Erin Kelly, University of Minnesota (2014)
Doug Kruse, Rutgers University (2014)
Eileen Hoffman, FMCS (2012)
Alex Mas, UC Berkeley (2012)
Adam Pilarski, Avitas (2014)
Tom Schneider, Restructuring Associates, Inc. (2014)
LERA Susan C. Eaton Grant Awards Committee
Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Chair
Dennis Rocheleau, General Electric
Stephen R. Sleigh, IAM National Pension and Benefit Fund
Inactive Committees
Strategic Planning Committee (Inactive, Work Completed June 2007)
David B. Lipsky, Cornell University, Chair
Paul Almeida, AFL-CIO
Ariel Avgar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bonnie Castrey, Arbitrator/Mediator
Ralph Craviso, Craviso and Associates
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John-Paul Ferguson, Stanford University
Eileen Hoffman, FMCS
Thomas A. Kochan, MIT
Anthony Oliver, Jr., Parker Milliken Clark O'Hara and Samuelian
Nancy Peace, Arbitrator/Mediator
Stephen R. Sleigh, IAM National Pension and Benefit Fund
Anil Verma, University of Toronto
Paula B. Voos, Rutgers University
Education Committee (Inactive)
Cheryl Maranto, Marquette University (2008), Chair
Michael H. Belzer, Wayne State University (2010)
William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (2010)
Steve Ashby, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2009)
Rachel Hendrickson, NEA (2010)
Ruth Milkman, UCLA (2009)
Trevor Bain, University of Alabama (2009)
John Budd, University of Minnesota (2009)
Terry Wagar (2007)
Statistics Committee (Inactive)
Dale Belman, Michigan State University (2007), Chair
Peter Cappelli, University of Pennsylvania (2006)
Michele Hoyman, University of North Carolina (2006)
Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute (2007)
Daniel J.B. Mitchell, UCLA (2006)
Wayne Vroman, Urban Institute (2006)
Technology Committee (Inactive)
Charles Heckscher, Rutgers University (2008), Chair
Michael H. Belzer, Wayne State University (2010)
Richard L. Hannah, Middle Tennessee State University (2008)
Thomas A. Kochan, MIT (2010)
John Lawler (2008)
Daniel B. Mitchell, UCLA (2008)
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO (2010)
Excellence in Education Awards Committee (Inactive)
Rachel A. Hendrickson, NEA (2010), Chair
John Budd, University of Minnesota (2009)
Steven K. Ashby, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2009)
Trevor Bain, University of Alabama (2009)
Ruth Milkman, UCLA (2009)
Allen Ponak, University of Calgary (2009)
