Members in Office

Political Action, Right From the Top: UBC Members in Office

UBC political action means supporting people and policies that support carpenter values, like fair wages and benefits, security and dignity in work and retirement, education and training, a safe workplace, and more. Year in and year out, thousands of members do their part helping with campaigns, phone banks, material drops, and in many other ways. A growing number of members are also taking political action to the next level—into office.

The undisputed Dean of UBC members in Canada who have held public office is Pat Martin who was a member of the House of Commons from 1997 to 2015, representing the riding of Winnipeg Centre. Prior to his election, Pat was the Business Manager of the Manitoba UBC Carpenters Union from 1989 to 1997.

Whether elected or appointed, these Brothers and Sisters are part of the Canadian political system. Their voices and advocacy at the table are immeasurably vital when carpenter issues are in play.

These members are invaluable to the political system because they know our issues at every level of government.  They are able to bring a carpenters perspective.   These members have stepped up to do more to better their communities, province and country. They give time and effort in political life to ensure that the UBC’s voice is heard and that unions remain strong in the futureRead about and support these members by clicking their links below.

Bart Pacekonis, Connecticut Planning & Zoning Commissioner

Bill Bielas, Michigan School Board Vice President

Bill Booth, Activist, Ohio Board of Elections

Dwayne Young, Arkansas County Democratic Committeeman

Ed Weber, New Hampshire Planning Board Member 

James R. Graham, Ohio City Council President

Joseph Shelby, Ohio Councilman

Mark Ingersoll, New Brunswick Councillor

Mike Nelson, Minnesota State Representative

Paul Holvey, Oregon State Representative

Ron Rowlett, California City Councilman

Other Elected & Appointed Membership

State	Local	Name	Title/Position
AR	71	Dwayne Young	Arkansas County Democratic Committeeman
CA	22	Bonilla  Rick	Councilmember  San Mateo
CA	180	Rowlett  Ron	Mayor of Vacaville
CA	661	Joe Fuchs	VP of the Mission Hills Neighborhood Council
CA	714	Hanna  John	Trustee of Rancho Santiago Community College District
CT	326	Alvarenga  Martin	State of Connecticut Apprenticeship Council
CT	326	Conroy  Bruce	Wallingford Zoning Board of Appeals
CT	326	Giroux  Ron	Vice-Chair  Lisbon Planning and Zoning  Chair  Southeastern Council of Governments
CT	326	Lebel  Jason	Lisbon  Planning and Zoning & Constable
CT	326	Lohr  Jim	Governors TOD Task Force & The Workplace–The Regional Workforce Development Board for Southwestern Connecticut
CT	326	Marshall  John	Board of Selectman  Ledyard
CT	326	Martell  Bill	Plainfield  Planning and Zoning Alternate
CT	326	Pacekonis  Bart	South Windsor Planning & Zoning Commissioner
CT	326	Pagan  Ernie	New Haven City Plan Commission
CT	328	Kinsella  Dexter	Board of Selectman  Town of Goshen
DE	173	Breslin  Tom	President Upper Chichester  PA Zoning Appeals Board
DE	255	Brown  John	Woodbridge School District Advisory Board  Sussex Tech School Advisory Board  State of Delaware Workforce Development Board Member
FL	1809	McLaughlin  Norbert	Fort Lauderdale Marine Advisory Board
GA	256	Hulme  Brett	Chairman on Chatham County Personnel Advisory Board  Advisory Committee to Savannah Economic Development Authority
GA	256	McCullough  Raymond	Advisory Committee at New Hampstead High School Construction Class
GA	256	Settles  Hayward Meddy	Heart of Georgia Altamaha Workforce Investment Board  Advisory Committee for Construction Class at Wayne County High School  Coastal Pines College Construction Class
IA	678	Flogel  Jim	Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Corporation and Eastern Iowa Regional Housing Authority (appointed)
IA	1260	Jacoby  Dave	Iowa State Representative
IA	1260	Nienhaus  Steve	Planning and Zoning Committee for City of Muscatine  Iowa
IL	10	McMahon  Eamon	Worth Township Supervisor
IL	13	Sweeney  Patrick	President of the Union School District 81
IL	13	Biggane  Brian	Vice President & Trustee of the Chicago Park District Pension Board
IL	13	Finnegan  Frank	Alderman – City of Hometown
IL	174	Wren  Derrick	City of Morris 3rd Ward Alderman
IL	174	Wright  Dave	Village of Braceville Mayor
IL	174	Higgins  Dave	Village of Seneca Commissioner
IL	174	Dinelli  Mike	District 74 School Board Trustee
IL	174	Gerrish  Mike	Grundy County Economic Development Council Board
IL	174	Kramerich  Michael	Village of Manhattan Planning and Zoning Committee
IL	174	Rousonelos  Marc	City of Joliet Plan Commission
IL	237	Pigg  Eric	Fulton County Board Dist. 3
IL	237	Bucher  Robert	Fulton County Board Dist. 2
IL	237	Herrick  Jayson	Lewistown CUSD #97 Board of Education
IL	237	Bender  Matt	Oak Grove CUSD #68 School Board President
IL	237	Sanders  Gene	Limestone High School Board of Education
IL	237	Piondexter  Brad	LeRoy City Council
IL	237	Gorman  Edward	Peoria Heights School Dist. 325 Board President
IL	237	OLaughlin  James	Germantown Hills Village Trustee
IL	243	Jones  Gregory	School Board – President for Cowden Herricks
IL	243	Somers  Nathan	Village of Ivesdale Trustee
IL	272	Kypuros  Jonathan	Village Trustee/Village of Beecher
IL	790	Bally  David	Lee County Board Member
IL	790	Partington  Clay	Lee County Board Member
IL	790	Ross  Zachary	East Grove Township Trustee
IL	792	Ervins  Natavias L.	City of Rockford Alderman Ward 6
IL	1185	Vanderbilt  John	Mayor of Park Forest
IL	1185	Hacker  Shawn	Precinct Committeeperson of Winfield Township Precinct 020
IL	1693	Kerkstra  Larry	Kankakee County Board District 21
MA	56	Kuhs  Dan	Massachusetts Energy Facility Siting Board
MA	218	Donahue  Jeff	Masschusetts City Counsilor
MD	177	Barber  John	City of Baltimore Wage Commission
MI	202	Bielas  Bill	Michigan School Board President
MN	322	Heimlich  Sam	MN Governor’s Workforce Development Board
MN	322	Nelson  Mike	Minnesota State Representative
MN	322	Peterson  Jeff	Forest Lake School Board
MN	606	Bakk  Tom	MN Senate Minority Leader
NE	1306	Marshall  Rich	Greater Lincoln (NE) Workforce Development Board
NB	1386	Ingersoll  Mark	New Brunswick Councillor
NH	328	Weber  Ed	City of Nashua Planning Board
NH	349	LeClerc  Dan	Manchester Planning Board
NJ	251	Iveson  Thomas	Middlesex County Workforce Development Board
NJ	251	Koch  Frank	Brigantine School Board President
NJ	251	Wunsch  Francis	Chairman of Cloucester City Zoning and Planning Board
NJ	252	Brown  Kevin	Burlington County Planning Board; Burlington County College Trustee Board; Burlington County Military Affairs Committee
NJ	252	Gillespie  Bob	Chester County London Grove Township Zoning Board Member
NJ	253	Ballantyne  John	NJ Sports and Entertainment Authority Commissioner
NJ	253	Bove  Thomas	Belleville Planning Board
NJ	253	Burns  Jim	Passaic & Essex Counties Municipal Utilities Authority
NJ	253	Cannizzo  Keith	Elmwood Park BOE President
NJ	253	Cannizzo  Keith	Board of Education  Trustee
NJ	253	Corcoran  Ken	Councilman – Cliffside Park; Bergen County Director of Facilities
NJ	253	Corcoran  Kenneth	Councilman – Cliffside Park
NJ	253	DeJohn  Michael	West Milford Planning Board
NJ	253	Formica  Concetto	Councilman – Franklin Borough
NJ	253	Gervens  William	Passaic County Planning Board Member
NJ	253	Hillenius  Harry	Maywood Planning/Zoning Board
NJ	253	Hurley  Tom	North Arlington Zoning Board
NJ	253	Laforte  Sammy	Bloomfield Planning Board Member
NJ	253	Martinique  Steve	Passaic County Planning Board
NJ	253	Patten  Joseph	Totowa Zoning Board
NJ	253	Perretti  Peter	Northvale Planning Board – Chairman
NJ	253	Polandick  Greg	Bergenfield Planning Board
NJ	253	Zilocchi  Gino	Dumont Planning/Zoning – Vice Chair
NJ	254	Abrantes  Anthony	Commissioner – Morris County Parks Commission  Board of Directors Morris County Economic Development Committee  Board of Directors Morris – Sussex – Warren Counties Workforce Development Board (WDB)
NJ	254	Belardo  Paul	Mercer County Improvement Authority  Union County Workforce Development Board
NJ	254	Friedman  Jason	Middlesex County Planning Board
NJ	254	Hopkins  Robert	Warren  County Planning Board
NJ	254	Mitchell  Kerry	Trenton Zoning Board (Pending Appointment)
NJ	254	Schneider  John	Somerset County Planning Board
NJ	254	Sebban Daniel	Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board
NJ	254	Tampier  Jeffrey	Hampton Councilman
NJ	254	Verrelli  Anthony	Assemblyman 15th Legislative District
NJ	254	Wallen  Andrew	Union County Planning Board
NJ	254	Williams  Cyndie	Monmouth County Workforce Development Board
NJ	255	Aiken  Eric	Hamilton Township School Board
NJ	255	Buchman  Aaron	Estell Manor Councilman
NJ	255	Bulakowski  Andy	Burlington County Military Affairs Committee/NJ Planning Board Officials/Cape May County Planning Board/Lower Township Planning Board/Workfoce Development Cape May County BCMAC Ex. Board.
NJ	255	Burke  Dennis	Westville Councilman
NJ	255	Carman  John	Freeholder  Atlantic County
NJ	255	Chinnici  Pete	Cumberland County Planning Board
NJ	255	Crowding  Paul	Middle Township Planning Board
NJ	255	Dienna  Bob	Evesham Township Councilman
NJ	255	Endicott  Matthew	Mainland Regional-Linwood School Board
NJ	255	Estberg  Ted	Mantua Planning Board
NJ	255	Garganio  Bruce	Florence Council & Planning/DRPA
NJ	255	Hagaman  Ed	Councilman – Sweetwater
NJ	255	Harrison  Arnold	Southampton School Board
NJ	255	Kern  Bruce	Galloway Zoning Board
NJ	255	Koch  Frank	Brigantine School Board
NJ	255	Kubiak  Jim	Vineland City Planning/Zoning
NJ	255	Kurt  Thomas	Port Republic Councilman
NJ	255	Levy  Bob	Egg Harbor Township Planning Board
NJ	255	Marrone  Matt	Camden County Planning Board
NJ	255	Robinson  John	Gloucester County Institute of Technology School Board/Chairman of Planning Board
NJ	255	Shaw  John	Winslow Township School Board
NJ	255	Tarby  Bob	Atlantic County Improvement Authority
NJ	255	Vasser  Chris	Lower Township School Board/Lower Township Planning
NJ	255	Warker  Todd	Egg Harbor City Planning/Zoning Board
NJ	255	Wessler  Kevin	Port Republic Councilman
NJ	255	Willits  John	Pemberton School Board
NJ	255	Young  Jon	Camden County Freeholder
NJ	715	DeAugustine  Donald	Councilman of Hillside  Chairperson of Joint Meeting of Essex & Union County
NJ	715	Del Sordi  Jr  John L.	Chairman of the Union County Planning Board  Commissioner of the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority  Chairman of the Scotch Plains Democrats  Board member of the Union County Democrats
NY	276	Akono  Jomo	Erie County WIB Board   Vice President of Juneteenth Festival  Inc.  Steering Committee Member of African Diaspora Development Institute Tri State  Institute of Ethiopian Studies Permanent Pan African Wing Initiative
NY	276	Austin  Chris	Hume Town Councilman  Deputy Supervisor  Fair Committee  Allegany County Republican Committee  Alfred State College Building Trades Curriculum Advisory Committee
NY	276	Bodewes  Daryl	Fair Committee  Niagra Co Economic Development & Strategy Committee
NY	276	Dee  Gerald	Monroe County Democratic Committee
NY	276	Mairs  Tom	Avon Councilman  Deputy Supervisor  Livingston County Republican Committee
NY	276	Stone  Chris	Erie County Salary Review Commission
NY	277	Iorizzo  Tom	Chairman of the Town of Oswego Planning Board
NY	277	Latimer  Mitch	Onondaga Civic Development Corporation
NY	277	Noteboom  Brian	Cayuga/Cortland Workforce Investment
NY	277	Swayze  Fred	Town Councilman for the Town of Van Etten
NY	277	Toth  Gary	Chairman of the Oswego County IDA
NY	277	Weist  Russ	Harpersville School Board
NY	277	Wolfe  Mike	City of Utica Planning Board
NY	277	Wilmott  Bob	Oswego County Legislator
NY	279	Capozella  Anthony	City of Middleton Planning Board
NY	279	Carey  Ray	Town of Haverstraw Architectural Review Committee
NY	279	Cooke  Ed	Westchester/Putnam Workforce Investment Board and Putnam County Parks Committee  Putnam County IDA
NY	279	DeRosa  Philip	Town of Pawling Town Board
NY	279	Malcolm  James	Chair of Ulster County Industrial Development Agency  Ulster County Labor Committee
NY	279	Muscat  Richard	City of Beacon Planning Board
NY	279	Smith  Kevin	Dutchess County Workforce Investment Board
NY	279	Smith  Scott J.	Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency  Sullivan Co. Funding Corporation Board  Sullivan Co. Infrastructure and Development Corporation
NY	279	Vantassel  John	Philipstown Council (Putnam County)
NY	290	Grodner  Nicole	Workforce Development Board – Oyster Bay- N. Hempstead  Glen Cove
NY	290	Leo  Paul	Town of Oyster Bay Labor Advisory Board  Suffolk County DA Labor Task Force
NY	290	Lindsay  Ron	Town of Brookhaven Planning Board
NY	290	Macchione  William	NYS Apprenticeship Council Member
NY	290	Villa  Anthony	Town of Oyster Bay Labor Advisory Board  Suffolk County DA Labor Task Force  US Green Building Council – Long Island Chapter (USGBLI)
NY	291	Blacklock  Doug	Schenectady Metroplex IDA
NY	291	Corron  Allan	Building Inspector  Beekmantown
NY	291	Herrick  Dean	Code Enforcement  Stephentown
NY	291	Hicks  Kevin	Guiderland IDA & Albany Airport Authority
OH	171	Shelby  Joe	Ohio Councilman
OH	200	Graham  James	Ohio City Council President
OH	351	Booth  Bill	Ohio Board of Elections
OR	129	Gilman  Clark	Olympia City Council
OR	129	Jones  Scott	Ocosta School District School Board
OR	271	Holvey  Paul	Oregon State Representative
PA	167	Morrow  Kevin	Perkasie Planning Board
PA	255	Breslin  Tom	Upper Chichester  PA Zoning Appeals Board
PA	255	MacNeil  Scott	Sharon Hill Borough  PA Councilman
PA	255	Rode  Jason	Delaware County Workforce Development Board
PA	423	Conklin  Scott	Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
PA	432	Davanzo  Eric	Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
PA	432	Mazza  Steve	Chairman of the City of Pittsburghs Construction Industry Fraud Task Force
PA	432	Vince Venturino	South Buffalo Township Zoning Board
RI	330	Hart  David	Planning Board  Lincoln
RI	330	Holmes  Billy	Planning Board  Warwick
RI	330	Holmes  Michael	School Building Committee  Warwick
TN	74	Moore  Rickey	TN Workforce Development Administrators Advisory Board  Advisory Board Rhea County High School  Advisory Board East Ridge High School  Advisory Board Dad County High School
WI	161	Zacharias  Roger	Gateway Technical College Board
WI	310	Weiner  John	Ashland County Supervisor
WI	344	Bieser  Matt	Delavan City Council
WI	361	Lupstari  Scott	Douglas County Supervisor
WI	731	Glomski  Richard	Town of Schleswig Supervisor
WI	1056	Clegg  Dennis	Outagamie County Supervisor
WI	1056	Coenen  Dave	Town of Dayton Planning Commission
WI	1143	Hennessey  Kevin	West Salem Village Board
WI	1146	Cashman  Dennis	Town of Rockland Chairman
WI	1146	Huc  Gary	Crivitz School Board
WI	1146	Klika  Tom	Town of Glenmore Supervisor
WI	1146	Krueger  William	Town of New Denmark Chairman