Three Executive Officers and a twenty-nine person Executive Board govern the Greater Boston Labor Council. The Executive-Board’s role is to discuss and debate public policy and to adopt or reject positions on issues that come before the Greater Boston Labor Council. The Board also has oversight of the GBLC’s finances. The twenty-nine-member board includes representatives from a wide cross section of the Greater Boston Labor Movement.  The GBLC also has three elected auditors whose role is to review the council’s annual audit, which is performed by a certified public accountant.

The three elected officers are Executive Secretary-Treasurer, President and Vice-President. The Executive Secretary-Treasurer serves as the principal officer of the GBLC. The duties include spearheading support and to serve as the spokesperson for issues and positions adopted by the AFL-CIO and the GBLC Executive-Board and to organize the Counci'ls monthly meetings and events.  The GBLC also has one hired staff position, the Council Organizer.

Rich Rogers, the Executive Secretary-Treasurer is a long-time member of UFCW Local 1459 and a member of Painters Local 391. Secretary-Treasurer Rogers was elected in December of 2007 to a second four-year term.  Prior to his election, Rogers served on the staff of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO for twenty-one years including twelve years as the state federation's political director. He currently serves as Chairman of Community Labor United, a dynamic coalition of major Boston area unions and community organizations working together on a broad economic justice agenda. 

The President of the GBLC serves as presiding officer at the GBLC meetings and is the appointing authority for all committees established by the GBLC.  Louis Mandarini, the Business Manger of Laborers Local 22, was re-elected to a third full four-year term to the GBLC Presidency in December 2009.   President Mandarini holds a number of other important labor positions including Secretary-Treasurer of the Massachusetts Building Trades Council and Secretary-Treasurer of the Mass. AFL - CIO, and serves on the Executive Board of the Massachusetts Laborers District Council.

The Vice-President’s post is held by Patricia Armstrong, the former Political Director for the Boston Teachers Union.  Vice President Armstrong has been a long-time activist and leader in the Massachusetts Democratic Party as well as serves as the President for the Mass Alliance, a coalition of labor unions and community groups that works to elect progressives to the State Legislature. 

The Council Organizer is Rosa Blumenfeld. She comes to the GBLC with four years of experience with the North Shore Labor Council, AFL-CIO in Lynn, MA. Rosa was a fellow with the Jewish Organizing Initiative from September 2006 - 2007 and she is also on the Board of the Boston Workmen's Circle.

Executive Board

Mark Bernard, AFSCME Council 93

Donna Blythe-Shaw, USW

Bruce T. Boccardy, SEIU Local 888

Fabiano Bueno, Mass Nurses Association

Michael Calder, IBEW Local 103

Angela Cristiani, Boston Teachers Union Local 66

Bob Dempsey, APWU Local 100

Allison Doherty, GBLC Futures Chair

Enid Eckstein, 1199SEIU

Paul English, IBEW Local 2222

Thomas Flynn, NAGE/SEIU 5000

Mark Govoni, UFCW Local 1445

Henry Green, UNITE-HERE Local 26

Michael Keller, Boston Carmen's Union

Michael Lafferty, Painters DC 35

Robert S. Manning, OPEIU Local 6

Stephen Lewis, SEIU Local 509

Ed McDonald, IBEW Local 1505

Tom McGrath, Pipefitters Local 537

Dick Monks, Operating Engineers' Local 877

Susan Moir, GALLAN

Daniel Moriarty, AFSCME Local 944

Sean O'Brien, Teamsters Local 25

Michael O'Reilly, Boston Firefighters' Local 718

Warren Pepicelli, UNITE/HERE NE Joint Board

Jim Pinkham, UW Local 369

Peter Rider, SEIU Local 615

Neil Ryan, Mail Handlers' Local 301

Peter Stracuzzi, Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 534

E. Michael Vartabedian, Machinists Local 100

Auditors

Jim Foley, Machinists DC15

Mary Glynn, BTU 66

Frank Rago, ILA