Staff section
Chris Trahan Cain is the Director of Safety and Health for North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU), the umbrella organization also known as the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO. NABTU is comprised of 14 national and international unions collectively representing over three million construction workers. Chris was appointed Chair of the NABTU Opioid Task Force… Read more »
Expertise Dr. Paralkar is a Senior Vice President and National Medical Director in Segal’s Chicago office with over 20 years of experience. Dr. Paralkar leads Segal’s Medical Management consulting and has specialized expertise in on-site clinics, wellness programs, medical management program design, health care informatics, network management strategies to optimize health improvement while containing costs,… Read more »
Tom Leibfried is the health care lobbyist for the AFL-CIO, and works with Congress to improve health care coverage for America’s working families. His work focuses on employer-based health insurance, the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. He also represents his union as a trustee on the board of the AFL-CIO Health… Read more »
Brigen Winters counsels employers, plan administrators, financial institutions, insurers, trade associations, and coalitions on retirement, health and welfare, tax, executive compensation, regulatory, and legislative matters. Brigen helps clients achieve compliance and obtain favorable outcomes through amendments from Congress and regulatory guidance from the IRS and Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services. He… Read more »
Annie Policastro serves as Vice President of Federal Public Affairs for UPS. She has served in various roles for UPS with the Public Affairs team over the past 8 years. In her current role she is responsible for tax and pension policy. Annie received her Master’s in Business Administration from the College of William and Mary… Read more »
Mr. Russell is a Senior Vice President and Actuary who serves as the Retirement Practice Leader for Segal’s East Region. Based in Washington, DC, he has over 20 years of actuarial and consulting experience working with multiemployer and single-employer retirement plans. Mr. Russell plays a leading role in assisting multiemployer pension plans across the country… Read more »
David H. Webber is the author of The Rise of the Working-Class Shareholder: Labor’s Last Best Weapon, published by Harvard University Press in April 2018. Webber has toured extensively for the book, and has published op-eds about it in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, In These Times, and elsewhere. The book has been reviewed or otherwise covered in the New… Read more »
Dan Pedrotty directs the Capital Strategies Program for North America’s Building Trades Unions. NABTU’s Capital Strategies program was created in 2016 to facilitate a more active partnership between NABTU and the trustees, administrators and advisors of our members’ pension savings in the pursuit of benefit improvements and prudent, responsible investment policies. Dan directed the AFL-CIO Office… Read more »
Christopher Heinz has more than 40 years of experience as a congressional lobbyist, national union political director, local union official and grassroots political coordinator. His clients have included national, regional and local Labor Organizations, major companies, and trade associations. Mr. Heinz has worked in electoral and grass roots campaigns at the national, state and local levels…. Read more »
Timothy (Tim) J. Brink is Chief Operating Officer at the Mechanical Contractors Association of America. He is also Executive Director of the association’s foundation, the Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation (MCERF). Tim brings a unique perspective to his work at MCAA and MCERF. He has served in virtually every role in our industry, including… Read more »
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