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BAC Convention Committees

2015 Issue 4
BAC Convention
JOURNAL: ISSUE 4 - 2015

A total of twelve Convention Committees are charged with reviewing resolutions and related materials referred to them by the Executive Board, hearing testimony from delegates, and recommending a course of action to the full Convention. The Committees began meeting several days before the Convention on September 11th, and reported to the full Convention on September 17th, with the exception of the Constitution and Laws Committee, which submitted partial reports on September 14th and again on the 17th.


Local 1 NY President Jerry Sullivan, Jr., Chair of the Constitution and Laws Committee, gives a partial report to the full Convention.

Communications and Education Committee members meet; from left, Todd Dexter and Tim Palmeri of Local 1 CT, Bill Breheny of ADC 1 of IL, Committee Secretary Dennis Pagliotti of 1 PA/DE and Chair Jim Allen of ADC 1 of IL.

Delegates serving on the Committees are listed below:

Constitution and Laws
Jeremiah Sullivan Jr. (Chair) 1 NY
Oliver Swan (Secretary) 7 CN
Gary Burns WI DC
Michael Erdenberger ADC 1 of IL
Scott Garvin 1 MD/VA/DC
Christopher Guy 7 NY/NJ
Jeffrey Smith 3 IA
Marvin Smith 8 SE
   
General Good
Mark King (Chair) 2 MI
John Capo (Secretary) NJ ADC
Jeffrey Bloom ADC 1 of IL
Todd Buckner 1 MD/VA/DC
Glenn Kelly 8 SE
Richard Newcomb 1 PA/DE
Gary Peifer 3 CA
Charles Raso II 3 MA/ME/NH/RI
David Toenjes 8 IL
   
Apprenticeship and Training
Charles Raso (Chair) 3 MA/ME/NH/RI
Carlos Aquin (Secretary) 13 NV
Carlos Crespo NJ ADC
Larry Crovatto 1 NY
Donald Hunt 15 MO/KS/NE
Leroy Hunter WV ADC
   
Finance
Kenneth Kudela (Chair) OH-KY ADC
Michael Lowery (Secretary) ADC 1 of IL
Richard Crawford 13 NV
Kevin Duncan NJ ADC
Phillip Husband 8 SE
Charles Kukawka 2 MI
Ray Lemke 3 IA
Gerald Reinders 8 NB
Norman Ringer, Jr. 9 PA
   
Affiliates
Ted Champ (Chair) 4 IN/KY
Richard Whitney (Secretary) 4 CA
Michael Barbera 1 NY
Clarence Gallant 1 PE
William Greer 9 PA
Steven Kantoniemi 3 CA
Nelson McMath 2 MI
Luciano Padilla ADC 1 of IL
   
Collective Bargaining
Richard Tolson (Chair) NJ ADC
Anthony DiPerna (Secretary) 3 NY
Joseph Battaglia 1 PA/DE
Paul Dunford 2 MI
Anthony Ivester 13 NV
James Moore 1 NS
Patrick Schwarz Four Corners ADC
Steven Shively OH-KY ADC
Pasquale Tirino 2 NY/VT
   
Communications and Education
James Allen (Chair) ADC 1 of IL
Dennis Pagliotti (Secretary) 1 PA/DE
William Breheny ADC 1 of IL
Darrell Craig 8 SE
Todd Dexter 1 CT
Michele Gagliano 6 ON
Winall Longdon 1 NY
Timothy Palmeri 1 CT
   
International Benefits
Thomas Lane (Chair) 7 NY/NJ
Craig Hydeman (Secretary) 15 MO/KS/NE
Timothy Aikens ADC 1 of IL
Jack Figured 5 PA
David Kreamer 3 MA/ME/NH/RI
Anthony LaCava Jr. 1 NY
David Murray 4 IN/KY
Denny Vautour APTTC
   
Member Services
Lester Kauffman III (Chair) 5 PA
Gerald Marotti (Secretary) 1 CT
Vital Cardoso 1 MD/VA/DC
Michael Cook 1 MN/ND
Troy Garland 3 CA
Yolanda Overstreet ADC 1 of IL
James Pimental 3 MA/ME/NH/RI
Gary Russell 1 NL
Tim Thompson Pacific NW ADC
   
Officers’ Report
Donald Brown (Chair) E MO ADC
Robert Mantello (Secretary) 2 NY/VT
Leon Jones NJ ADC
Stephen Knowles 4 IN/KY
Jeannot Levasseur 4 QC
John Perkins 5 OK/AR/TX
Michael Weigl 1 SK
   
Review and Appeal
David Jackson (Chair) 3 CA
Fred Hubbard (Secretary) OH-KY ADC
John Finder E MO ADC
William Hill 7 NY/NJ
Tim Ochalek 2 MI
Robert Rizzi 3 MA/ME/NH/RI
Dwayne Stewart ADC 1 of IL
Timothy Wachter 9 PA
   
Safety
David Donkin Sr. (Chair) 9 PA
John Leonard (Secretary) 1 NL
Peter Accica 2 MI
Liliana Calderon ADC 1 of IL
Michael Clifford 5 NY
Daniel Garcia 4 CA
Donald Mays OH-KY ADC
Kenneth Simone NJ ADC