Officers & Staff

OFFICERS

VICE PRESIDENTS

James K. Galbraith, professor, Austin, Texas
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Member of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Steve Protulis, executive director, Elderly Housing Development and Operations Corporation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Deborah Wasserman Shultz (D-FL)
Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL)

HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS

Ed Asner, actor, Los Angeles, CA
Neil Abercrombie, Member of Congress, Hawaii
George Becker, former president, United Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh
Al Bilik, former president, Public Employees Department, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.
Sherrod Brown, United States Senator, Ohio
Tom Buffenbarger, president, IAM, Maryland
Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.
John Conyers, Jr., Member of Congress, Michigan
Rosa DeLauro, Member of Congress, Connecticut
Douglas Dority, president, UFCW, Washington, D.C.
Marion Wright Edelman, president, Children's Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.
Eliot Engel, Member of Congress, New York
Lane Evans, former Member of Congress, Illinois
Jeff Faux, former president, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
Fernando Ferrer, Borough President, Bronx
Bob Filner, Member of Congress, California
Leo Gerard, president, United Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh
Jim Graham, city council member, Washington, D.C.
Luis Gutierrez, Member of Congress, Illinois
Tom Harkin, Senator, Iowa
Jesse Jackson, Jr., Member of Congress, Illinois
Gloria Johnson, president CLUW, Washington, D.C.
Victor Kamber, political consultant, Washington, D.C.
Peter Kostmayer, director, Zero Population Growth, New York
Robert Kuttner, author, publisher, Massachusetts
Ann F. Lewis, political activist, Maryland
Nita Lowey, Member of Congress, chair DCCC, New York
William Lucy, secretary-treasurer, AFSCME, Washington, D.C.
Carolyn Maloney, Member of Congress, New York
Gerald McEntee, president, AFSCME, Washington, D.C.
Abner Mikva, former Counsel to the President, Chicago, Illinois
Joyce Miller, political activist, Washington, D.C.
Norman Mineta, Secretary of Transportation, California
Jerrold Nadler, Member of Congress, New York
John Olver, Member of Congress, Massachusetts
Major Owens, former Member of Congress, New York
Donald Payne, Member of Congress, New Jersey
Arturo Rodriguez, president, United Farm Workers of America, California
Bobby Rush, Member of Congress, Illinois
Bernard Sanders, United States Senator, Vermont
Jan Schakowsky, Member of Congress, Illinois
Patricia Schroeder, president, American Association of Publishers, Colorado
Charles Schumer, United States Senator, New York
Jose Serrano, Member of Congress, New York
Stanley Sheinbaum, political activist, California
Fortney H. Stark, Member of Congress, California
Michael J. Sullivan, president, Sheet Metal Workers Union, Washington, D.C.
William Taylor, attorney, Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, Member of Congress, Ohio
Gus Tyler, special assistant to the president, UNITE!, Florida
Nydia Velazquez, Member of Congress, New York
Maxine Waters, Member of Congress, California
Reg Weaver, president, National Education Association, Washington, D.C.
Lynn Woolsey, Member of Congress, California

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Bernard Bellush, political activist, New York
Henry Berger, former executive committee chair, attorney, New York City
James J. Bishop, former executive committee chair, Ohio
Carol Casey, former treasurer, Vermont
Joel Cohen, former national executive committee chair, Washington, D.C.
Peter S. diCicco, consultant, AFL-CIO, New Hampshire
Woodrow Ginsburg, economist, Virginia
William Holayter, former vice president, political activist, Washington state
Bill Markus, former executive committee chair, businessman, Pennsylvania
Evelyn Jones Rich, former Secretary, foundation executive, New York
Marvin Rich, chair ADA Development Committee, fund raising consultant, New York
Peter Schott, political activist, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Ellen Vollinger, staff, Food Research and Action Center, Bethesda, MD
Jamal Watson, former YDA chair, executive editor, Amsterdam News, New York
Roberta Weiner, former ADA secretary, political activist, Washington, D.C.
Jeffrey Wice, former YDA chair, attorney, Bethesda, Maryland
Carole Wilson, former ADA secretary, attorney, Washington, D.C.

HONORARY PRESIDENTS

Joseph Duffy, activist, former Senate candidate, Connecticut
Don Edwards, former Member of Congress
Barney FrankU.S. Representative, Massachusetts
Donald M. Fraser, former Member of Congress
John Lewis, U.S. Representative, Georgia
George McGovern, former U.S. Senator
Charles Rangel, U.S. Representative, New York

AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBERS (any affiliations are for information purposes only)

Gary Bass, director, OMB Watch, Arlington, VA
Paul Braithwaite, director, Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C.
Tim Carpenter, national director, Progressive Democrats of America
Sylvia Chaplain, businesswoman, New Hampshire
Jim Clarke, chief of staff, Congresswoman Diane Watson, California and Virginia
Maria Cordone, legislative department, International Association of Machinists
Jo Deutsch, staff, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Washington, DC
Shanta Driver, By Any Means Necessary, Michigan
Vic Fingerhut, Fingerhut, Power, Smith and Co., Washington, D.C.
Bill Goold, staff director, Congressional Progressive Caucus, VA
Andy Gussert, AFT, Wisconsin
John Isaacs, president, Council for a Livable World, Washington, D.C.
David Jacobs, professor, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
Hans Johnson, Democracy Project, Washington, D.C.
Cheryl Kagan, former Maryland Delegate, Rockville, MD
James Levin, attorney, New York
Bob Lucore, staff, United American Nurses, Washington, D.C.
Tammy Lohmann, Minnesota chapter activist, St. Paul, Minnesota
Lewis Maltby, president, National Work Rights Institute, New Jersey
Arnold Mayer, political activist, Washington, D.C.
Rich Michalski, vice president, International Association of Machinists, Maryland
William Millar, II, Special Assistant to Chairperson, Pequot Pharmaceutical Network, Mashantucket, CT
Gwendolyn Mink, Professor, Smith College, Amherst, MA
Jane O'Grady, chair, Campaign for a Fair Minimum Wage, Washington, D.C.
Ron Richardson, political activist, Tacoma, WA
Markley Roberts, volunteer activist, Washington, D.C.
Tom Schlesinger, president, Financial Markets Center, VA and CA
Eric Sklar, businessperson, California
Richard Warden, labor consultant, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Betty Willhoite, political activist, Maine
Joslyn Williams, president, Washington AFL-CIO
Michael J. Wilson, Legislative Director, UFCW, Washington, D.C. Samuel Ackerman, political activist, Chicago
Aris Anagnos, business person, Los Angeles, CA
William Anderson, national security analyst, Annapolis, MD
Nan Aron, director, Alliance for Justice, Washington, D.C.
Fred Azcarate, director, Jobs With Justice, Takoma Park, MD
Georgia Berner, businesswoman, Lelienople, PA
Susan Chapin, interior designer, Washington, D.C.
Jefferson Cowie, professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
William Crotty, professor, Northeastern University, Boston
John Doty, chief of staff, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Washington, D.C.
Sheldon Friedman, economist, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.
J. Treasa Glinnwater, political activist, Montana
Keith Harper, legislative director, Native American Rights Fund, Washington, D.C.
Ann Hoffman, political activist, Washington, D.C.
Gregory King, staff, American Federation of Teachers, Washington, D.C.
Gail Kinney, staff, National Writers' Union, New Hampshire
David Leshtz, Working Families Win organizer, Iowa
Elaine Newman, political activist, Washington, D.C.
Aviva Miriam Patt, political activist, Illinois
Ray Pempek, personnel specialist, Illinois
Edgar Romney, vice president, UNITE, New York
Ed Schwartz, president, Institute for the Study of Civic Values, Philadelphia
Natalie Shear, fund raising consultant, Maryland
Bruce Southworth, minister, New York, NY
W. Leon Stertz, Jr., physician, Kentucky
Marco Trbovich, staff, United Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh, PA
Tom Turnipseed, attorney, Columbia, SC
Mary von Euler, attorney, Maryland
Sarah Brandt Vorel, student, Virginia
Barbara Warden, artist, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
David C. Yamada, law professor, Suffolk University, Boston, MA
Ron Zucker, systems analyst, Washington D.C.

ADA NATIONAL CHAIR & PRESIDENTS

(Note: In 1974, ADA's top elected officer was changed from National Chairman to National President) 1947-1948 Wilson Wyatt
1948-1949 Leon Henderson
1949-1950 Senator Hubert Humphrey
1950-1953 Francis Biddle
1954-1955 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Co-Chair
1954-1955 James E. Doyle, Co-Chair
1955-1957 Joseph L. Rauh, Jr.
1957-1959 Robert R. Nathan
1959-1962 Samuel H. Beer
1962-1965 John P. Roche
1965-1967 Rep. Don Edwards
1967-1969 John Kenneth Galbraith
1970-1971 Joseph Duffy
1971-1973 Rep. Allard K. Lowenstein
1974-1976 Rep. Donald M. Fraser
1976-1978 Sen. George McGovern
1978-1981 Rep. Patsy T. Mink
1981-1984 Rep. Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
1984-1986 Rep. Barney Frank
1986-1989 Rep. Ted Weiss
1989-1991 Rep. Charles B. Rangel
1991-1993 Sen. Paul D. Wellstone
1993-1995 Rep. John Lewis
1995-1998 Jack Sheinkman
1998-2002 Rep. Jim Jontz
2002-present Rep. Jim McDermott