{"id":2,"date":"2009-11-12T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:44:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Union Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Union @ Cooper Union (UCU) is a self-governing union whose officers and area representatives are elected by vote of active membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Executive Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits Officer: Max Summers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Researches Cooper&#8217;s finances (departmental spending &amp; budgets, unit salaries, benefit costs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tracks implementation of policies and benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discipline Officer: Justin Lubliner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Primary point of contact for all disciplinary matters involving members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attends disciplinary meetings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinates closely with HR and Grievance Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guides the work of Area Reps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grievance Officer: Michael Giglia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Primary point of contact for all grievances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Researches contract violations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Writes grievances in consultation with LRS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizes Grievance Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outreach Officer: Jake Zweiback<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Manages intra-union organizing efforts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps connect interested members to necessary work on an ad hoc basis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizes member training and recreational events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Negotiation Officer: OPEN<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Builds negotiating platform<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plans long-term strategic response to ongoing issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surveys our membership to gauge concerns, experiences, and interests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treasurer: Dean Gunnison<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Handles internal union finances<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prepares external reporting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manages the UCU member list<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Secretary: OPEN<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Manages communication with membership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schedules all UCU meetings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Takes minutes at management and membership meetings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Staff Representative to the Board of Trustees: Shervin Jamali<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attends BoT meetings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participates in BoT committees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liaison for communications between BoT, UCU officers, and the UCU membership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 id=\"area-reps\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Area Representatives:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Area 100 &#8211; Renato Pasion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>School of Engineering, AVRAC, Humanities, IT Dept Area, AACE Lab <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Area 200 &#8211; Oskar Russakis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Schools of Architecture &amp; Art, Library, Center for Writing, Saturday Program<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Area 300 &#8211; Jacobi Clark<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Buildings &amp; Grounds, Office Services<br>\n<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Area 400 &#8211; Michaela Dwyer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Development, Communications, and Business Office<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Area 500 &#8211; Simone Meltesen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Continuing Education, Admissions, Student Services<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Area Rep Duties include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Communicate directly with members in their respective areas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organize and attend meetings with members in their respective areas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attend meetings between management and UCU members in their area as needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work alongside other Exec Committee officers to advocate on behalf of membership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Union @ Cooper Union (UCU) is a self-governing union whose officers and area representatives are elected by vote of active membership. Executive Board Benefits Officer: Max Summers Discipline Officer: Justin Lubliner Grievance Officer: Michael Giglia Outreach Officer: Jake Zweiback Negotiation Officer: OPEN Treasurer: Dean Gunnison Secretary: OPEN Staff Representative to the Board of Trustees: &#8230; <a title=\"Union Leadership\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/?page_id=2\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Union Leadership<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":657,"href":"https:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memberucu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}