2022 Board of Governors

David Jacobs, President
Kogod School of Business
American University
Washington, DC

Stephen J. Silvia, Ph.D., Treasurer
Professor – School of International Services
Affiliate Professor – Dept. of Economics
American University
Washington, DC

Tequila Brooks, Membership Secretary
Comparative Labor Law Scholar
Washington, DC

Fred Stahl
Fred Stahl, LLC
Richmond, Virginia

Mindy C. Reiser, Ph.D., Recording Secretary
Consulting Sociologist
Washington, DC

Benjamin Kreider, Ph.D., Communications Chair
Policy Research Consultant
Washington, DC

Stephen R. Sleigh, EX-Officio Board
Sleigh Strategy LLC
Washington, DC

Kevin F. Cassidy
Director
International Labour Organization Office for the United States

George Dragnich
Retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer
U.S. Dept of State
Washington, DC

John Higgins
Lecturer
Catholic University Law School
Washington, DC

Patrick McHugh, Past President
Associate Professor
George Washington University
Washington, DC

Bonnie Summers
Executive Director
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
National Labor Office
Washington, DC

Jeff Wheeler, Esq. – Past President
Labor Law & Relations
Washington, DC

Diplomatic Board Members

Benoit Sevchik
Counselor Labor, Health and Social Welfare
Embassy of France
Washington, DC

Daniel Haufler
Counselor
Labor, Health, and Social Policy
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Washington, DC

Yoshikazu Suzuki
First Secretary
Embassy of Japan
Washington, DC

Hochul Shinhas
Counselor, Employment & Labor
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Washington, DC

Marcos Fraile Pastor
Counselor of Labor, Migration & Social Security 
Labor, Migration and Social Security Office
Embassy of Spain
Washington DC

Petra Hansson
Counselor
Embassy of Sweden

Kylie Liao
Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United States
Washington, DC