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 - LERA Annual Meeting | Program - ASSA/AEA Meeting | 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

Members:

Virginia Lee Doellgast, London School of Economics, Work and Employment Relations Network Representative
Doug Drake, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service, National Chapter Advisory Committee, Neutral Representative
Owen Herrnstadt, International Association of Machinists, Globalization, Investment, and Trade Section Representative
Erin Johansson, American Rights at Work, Labor Studies & Union Research Section Representative
Oren Levin-Waldman, Metropolitan College, Labor Markets and Economics Section Representative
Sheila Mayberry, Arbitration/Mediation, Dispute Resolution Section Representative
Eric Mooshegian, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 148, Labor Representative
Lorraine Schmall, Book Review Editor, Northern Illinois University
Arthur Schwartz, General Motors (ret.), National Chapter Advisory Committee, Management Representative
Howard Stanger, Canisius College, Collective Bargaining Interest Section Representative
Mark Stuart, University of Leeds, International Section Representative
David C. Yamada, Suffolk University Law School, Labor and Employment Law Section Representative

Ex-Officio:

David Lewin, University of California at Los Angeles, LERA President
Gordon R. Pavy, AFL-CIO (ret.) LERA Past President
Lisa Lynch, Brandeis University, LERA President Elect
Thomas A. Kochan, MIT, co-founder and former co-editor of Perspectives on Work
Charles Whalen, Congressional Budget Office, former editor, Perspectives on Work
 
Hoyt N. Wheeler, University of South Carolina, former co-editor of Perspectives on Work
Paula D. Wells, 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, Past 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, Past 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 Co. (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, Past President
David Lewin, UCLA - Ex officio, LERA President

Program Committee - LERA 65th Annual Meeting

David Lewin, UCLA, Committee Chair (2013)
Rosemary Batt, Cornell University, Academic Sub-committee Chair (2013)
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA Communities Sub-committee Chair (2013)
Lisa Lynch, Brandeis University, Policy Sub-committee Chair (2013)
Stephen Sleigh, IAM National Pension Fund, Professional Development Sub-committee Chair (2013)

TBA, Student (through 2013 meeting)
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO (Ex officio, LERA Past President)
Martin Mulloy, Ford Motor Co. (ex-officio, President Elect)
Peter Feuille, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (
ex-officio, Secretary-Treasurer)

Academic Subcommittee

Rosemary Batt, Academic Sub-committee Chair (2013)
Todd Dickey, Cornell University ()
Janice Fine, Rutgers University ()
John Logan, San Francisco State University ()
Paul Osterman, MIT (2014)
Chris Tilly, UCLA ()
Jeffrey Wenger, University of Georgia (2013)
Lisa Bingham, Indiana University ()
Françoise Carré, University of Massachusetts-Boston (ex-officio, Co-Editor in Chief)
Robert Hoell, Georgia Southern University (ex-officio, Poster Chair)

LERA Communities Subcommittee

Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LERA Communities Sub-committee Chair (2013)
Greg Bamber, Monash University (2014)
Robert Bruno, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2013)
Alexander Colvin, Cornell University (2013)
Linda Ewing, UAW  (2014)
Richard Fincher, Workplace Resolutions LLC (2014)
Rebecca Givan, Cornell University (2013)
Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota (2013)
Thomas Schneider, Restructuring Associates, Inc. (2014)
Larry Hunter, University of Wisconsin-Madison (ex-officio, 2015)

Policy Subcommittee

Lisa Lynch, Brandeis University, Policy Sub-committee Chair (2013)
Christine Bishop, Brandeis University ()
Jody Gittell, Brandeis University (2013)
Elise Gould, Economic Policy Institute (2014)
Eileen Hoffman, FMCS (2013)
Tazewell Hurst, IAMAW (2015)
Patrick McHugh, George Washington University (2014)
James Pruitt, Kaiser Permanente (2014)
William Rodgers, Rutgers University (2014)
Gordon Pavy, AFL-CIO (Ret.) (ex-officio, 2015)
Christian Weller, University of Massachusetts Boston (ex-officio, 2015)

Professional Development Sub-committee

Stephen Sleigh, IAM National Pension Fund, Professional Development Sub-committee Chair (2013)
Dennis Dabney, Kaiser Permanente ()
Cyndi Furseth, PGN ()
Marlene Heyser, Workplace Law Strategies ()
Karen Jalkut, American Arbitration Association ()
Dennis Kuhl, The Boeing Co. ()
Philip LaPorte, Georgia State University ()
Bill Mehrtens, Illinois FOP Labor Council ()
Eric Mooshegian, International Union of Operating Engineers ()
Revae Moran, U.S. Government Accountability Office ()
Robert Russell, Missouri Dept. of Labor and Ind. Rels. ()
William Canak, Middle Tennessee State University (ex-officio, 2015)

Program Committee - ASSA/AEA Annual Meeting
Eileen Appelbaum, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Chair
Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Peter Berg, Michigan State University
Lonnie Golden, Penn St Univversity-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 (2013), Chair
John Budd, University of Minnesota (2013)
Sarosh Kuruvilla, Cornell University (2013)
Valeria Pulignano, KU Leuven (2013)
Nick Wailes, University of Sydney (2013)

 LERA Awards Committee
Morris M. Kleiner, University of Minnesota (2013), Chair
Alex Colvin, Cornell University (2013)
Jody Hoffer Gittell, Brandeis University (2013)
Rafael Gomez, University of Toronto (2013)
Lisa Jordan, Steelworkers (2014)
Erin Kelly, University of Minnesota (2014)
Doug Kruse, Rutgers University (2014)
Eileen Hoffman, FMCS (2013)
Alex Mas, UC Berkeley (2013)
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