Steering Committee
Sondra Albert is the Chief Economist for the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust. Her responsibilities include analysis of current economic trends and forecasting in the US economy and housing market. She calculates all of the economic impacts of the investments by the HIT in housing and other structures. Ms. Albert is a member of the HIT’s Portfolio… Read more »
Jeff Applegate is an actor who has worked for more than 25 years on stage, screen and radio. He has served as union deputy on various stage productions and as a National Councilor and negotiating team member for Actors Equity Association. He became an observer/apprentice of the union caucus of the Equity-League Benefit Funds in… Read more »
Joye Blanscett is Executive Director of Operations for SMACNA, where she oversees HR, Accounting, IT and Membership. Ms. Blanscett has been with SMACNA since 2008, and in that time she previously served as Director of Labor Services and Human Resources, advising SMACNA chapters and contractors on collective bargaining, withdrawal liability and other federal employment laws,… 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 »
Martha Hyde is a professional multiple woodwind player with decades of experience performing on Broadway, Radio City Music Hall and with such luminaries as Glenn Close, Whoopi Goldberg and Antonio Banderas. She was a trustee on the AFM Local 802 Musicians Health Fund for 25 years and was appointed to the AFM’s pension fund in… Read more »
Toni Inscoe is the Administrator of the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund (PPNPF) – a multi-employer pension plan with over 150,000 participants and more than 4600 contributing employers. Prior to being appointed Fund Administrator in January 2017, she spent 20 years with the PPNPF in various leadership and benefit administration roles, specializing in Fund… Read more »
Nancy Juda’s practice focuses on advising Taft-Hartley pension and welfare funds on issues related to corporate fraud in the United States securities markets. Juda’s experience as an ERISA attorney provides her with unique insight into the challenges faced by pension fund trustees as they endeavor to protect and preserve their funds’ assets. Prior to joining… Read more »
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