LERA conducts annual elections for its officers and and members of the Executive Board. Terms begin and end in June, in conjunction with the LERA Annual Meetings. LERA accepts nominations from LERA members continuously; you can submit your nominations for candidates here: https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/4537637. 

LERA Officers 2026-27

• Beverly E. Harrison, President, Arbitrator/Mediator
• John W. Budd, Past-President, University of Minnesota
• Hal Ruddick, President Elect, Alliance of Healthcare Unions
• Andrew Weaver, Secretary-Treasurer (non-voting), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• John W. Budd, NCAC Chair (non-voting), University of Minnesota
• Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Editor-in-Chief (non-voting), Rutgers University

Members of LERA Executive Board (3-year term)

• Candace Archer (2025-2028), AFL-CIO
• Matthew Capece (2026-2027), United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
• Deanna W. Dudley (2026-2029), El Camino Health
• Maria Figueroa (2024-2027), SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government
• Teresa Ghilarducci (2025-2028), The New School
• Rudy Gonzalez (2026-2029), SF Building & Construction Trades Council
• Steven Greenhouse (2025-2028), Retired New York Times
• Nelson Lichtenstein (2025-2028), University of California
• Monique Morrissey (2024-2027), Economic Policy Institute
• Lionel Sims, Jr. (2024-2027), Kaiser Permanente
• Alan Symonette (2026-2029), Symonette ADR Services
• Maite Tapia (2024-2027), Michigan State University
• Jonathan Uto (2025-2028), Kaiser Permanente
• Nathan Wilmers (2026-2029), MIT Sloan
• Duanyi Yang (2026-2029), Cornell University

Regional Vice Presidents and Members of the LERA Executive Board (3-year term)

• Janet Gillman (2024-2027), Oregon Employment Relations Board (Region 3, formerly West)
• Ann Hodges (2026-2029), University of Richmond (Region 1, formerly East)
• Meeta Bass (2025-2028), Bass Dispute Resolution Services, LLC (Region 2, formerly Mid)

DCDC Chair and Member of the LERA Executive Board (3-year term)

• Alex Colvin (2026-2029), Cornell University

LERA Committee Chairs (appointed to 3-year term)

• Award Committee Co-Chairs: Bonnie Castrey, Castrey Dispute Resolution Services and Jason Huang, Michigan State University
• Development Committee Co-Chairs: Jim Pruitt, Kaiser Permanente and Alex Colvin, Cornell University
• Diversity & Inclusion Committee Chair: Lionel Sims, Jr., Kaiser Permanente
• LERA Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair: Hal Ruddick, Alliance of Healthcare Unions
• LERA@ASSA Meeting Program Committee Co-Chairs: Elena Falcettoni, Federal Reserve Board, Illenin Kondo, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis; and Peter Norlander, Loyola University Chicago
• Membership Committee Co-Chairs: David Lewin, UCLA and Nereyda Rivera, Union of American Physicians and Dentists
  
• Nominating Committee Chair: to be announced

Past LERA Presidents

• Jim Pruitt, 2024-2025
• Dennis Dabney, 2023-2024
• William E. Spriggs, 2023*
• Paul Clark, 2022-23
• Wilma Liebman, 2021-22
• Adrienne Eaton, 2020-21
• Dennis Dabney, 2019-20
• Kris Rondeau, 2018-19
• Harry Katz, 2017-18
• Janice Bellace, 2016-17
• Bonnie Prouty Castrey, 2015-16
• Martin Mulloy, 2014-15
• Lisa Lynch, 2013-14
• David Lewin, 2012-13
• Gordon Pavy, 2011
• Eileen Appelbaum, 2010
• Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld, 2009
• Anthony Oliver Jr., 2008
• Eileen B. Hoffman, 2007
• David Lipsky, 2006
• Stephen Sleigh, 2005
• Marlene K. Heyser, 2004
• Paula Voos, 2003
• John F. Burton Jr., 2002
• Magdalena Jacobsen, 2001
• Sheldon Friedman, 2000
• Thomas A. Kochan, 1999
• F. Donal O'Brien, 1998
• Francine Blau, 1997
• Hoyt T. Wheeler, 1996
• Walter Gershenfeld, 1995
• Lynn R. Williams, 1994
• George Strauss, 1993
• Ernest J. Savoie, 1992
• James L. Stern, 1991
• Robert B. McKersie, 1990
• Joyce Miller, 1989
• Phyllis A. Wallace, 1988
• Michael H. Moskow, 1987
• Lloyd Ulman, 1986
• Everett Kassalow, 1985
• Wayne L. Horvitz, 1984
• Jack Stieber, 1983
• Milton Derber, 1982
• Rudolph A. Oswald, 1981
• Jack Barbash, 1980
• Jerome M. Rosow, 1979
• Charles C. Killingsworth, 1978
• F. Ray Marshall, 1977
• Irving Bernstein, 1976
• Nat Goldfinger, 1974
• Douglas H. Soutar, 1973
• Benjamin Aaron, 1972
• Georg Hildebrand, 1971
• Douglass V. Brown, 1970
• Frederick Harbison, 1969
• George Shultz, 1968
• Neil W. Chamberlain, 1967
• Arthur Ross, 1966
• Edwin Young, 1965
• Solomon Barkin, 1964
• William F. Whyte, 1963
• Charles Myers, 1962
• John Dunlop, 1960

*Deceased in office. Dennis Dabney appointed to complete remaining term through June 2024.

Editors-in-Chief

• Xiangmin (Helen) Liu, Rutgers University, 2024-
• Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois, 2020−2024
• Ariel Avgar, University of Illinois, 2015−2019
• Françoise Carré and Christian Weller, University of Massachusetts Boston. 2010-2014
  
• Adrienne E. Eaton, Rutgers University, 2003−2009
• Paula B. Voos, Rutgers University, 1995−2002
• John F. Burton, Jr., Rutgers University, 1990−1994
• Barbara Dennis, University of Wisconsin, 1977−1989
• Barbara Dennis and James Stern, University of Wisconsin, 1974−1977
• Gerald G. Somers, University of Wisconsin, 1957−1974
• L. Reed Tripp, University of Wisconsin, 1951−1956
• Milton Derber, University of Illinois, 1948−1950

Secretary-Treasurers

Andrew Weaver, University of Illinois, 2020−
Ryan Lamare, University of Illinois, 2018-2019
Craig Olsen, University of Illinois, 2015−2017
Peter Feuille, University of Illinois, 2000−2014
David R. Zimmerman, University of Wisconsin, 1977−2000
Richard U. Miller, University of Wisconsin, 1973−1977
James L. Stern, University of Wisconsin, 1968−1969
David B. Johnson, University of Wisconsin, 1963−1972
Edwin Young, University of Wisconsin, 1954−1962
Robben W. Fleming, University of Wisconsin, 1951−1953
William H. McPherson, University of Wisconsin, 1948−1950