Carla Insinga - Vice President
Email: c.insinga@afscme13.org

Carla M. Insinga is the Director of Organizing for Council 13 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in Pennsylvania. Carla began her affiliation with AFSCME while working as a secretary at Lincoln University (AFSCME Local 2377). She served as President of her Local Union before joining the staff of AFSCME in 1999, first serving as an Organizer and later as a Staff Representative, before being appointed to her current position in September, 2005.

Carla received her Bachelor’s Degree in Labor Studies from the National Labor College in 1999 and her Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Baltimore in 2001.

Carla serves as co-advisor to Council 13s Next Wave Program which is designed to recruit and engage younger members. Carla also serves on the board of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) and the Harrisburg Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU). Carla also serves on CBTUs Region II board.

Kirk Brungard - Secretary
Email: kbrungard@aflcio.org

International Representative Kirk Brungard was appointed IBEW Director of Construction Organizing, effective October 1. 2006.

A native of Los Angeles, Brother Brungard is a 2nd generation electrician whose father Leo, received his 50-year IBEW pin in April 2005. Kirk was initiated into L.A. Local 11 in 1983. After serving on the local’s apprenticeship and strategic planning committees and the District 5 Welfare Committee, Brungard was appointed as a local union organizer of the 7,500-member local in 1998 and elected as recording secretary in 1999. He eventually headed up the Los Angeles LMCC Compliance Office and worked hand-in-hand with the LMCC Business Development Office.

In 2005, President Edwin D. Hill appointed Brungard an International Representative assigned to the Membership Development Department. He assisted Special Assistant to the International President Buddy Satterfield in the development of organizing education, preparing for yearly conferences, and development of the Membership Development online library.

Brungard attended the University of California at Los Angeles and California State Northridge, later receiving his B.A. in labor studies from the National Labor College in 2001. In 2004, he graduated from the University of Baltimore with a master’s in public administration.

Gary Lucy - Treasurer
Email: gllucy@aol.com

Brother Gary Lucy is a proud member of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 547, since 1986, when he began a 4-year apprenticeship program in Stationary Engineering. After completing the apprenticeship program, Gary acquired a 1st Class Stationary Engineer's License and a 1st Class Refrigeration Operators License. He has held the office of Vice-President of IUOE, Local 547, in Detroit, Michigan, since 1998, after having served as an Auditor. Brother Lucy has taught the course, “Indoor Air Quality,” at the union’s education center since 1995, as well as serving as organizer.  Brother Lucy is earned his BA in Union Leadership and Administration at the NLC in 2000 and continued in the UB/NLC program to earn his Masters degree in Public Administration in 2002.

Beth Branca - Business Manager (Central Region)
Email: brancalocal12@qwestoffice.net

Beth Branca is the Business manager for OPEIU Local 12. Branca graduated from the National Labor College with a Bachelor of Arts in Labor Studies in 2000 and earned a Masters in Public Administration through the NLC partnership with the University of Baltimore in 2002.

Gerald Knox - Conductor-Sentinel (Mountain Region)
Email: azglknox@hotmail.com

Gerald Knox is a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 519. He presently serves on the executive-board of Lodge 519 as the Conductor-Sentinel, and is a delegate to the Arizona AFL-CIO. Gerald is a firefighter on the Goldwater Gunnery Range, in Southwestern Arizona. He is a 2009 graduate of the National Labor College earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Union Leadership and Administration.

Lainie Kitt - Adjunct Instructor (Easter Region)
Email: LainieK46@aol.com

Lainie Kitt is a 2003 graduate of the National Labor College earning her Bachelor of Arts in Labor Studies. She also holds a Certificate and Advanced Certificate in Labor Studies from Cornell University’s School of Industrial & Labor Relations. Lainie is a member of IBT Local 237, a public sector Teamster, is President of the Housing Assistant Chapter of Local 237, New York City Housing Authority and a Shop Steward since 1996. Lainie is also a member of the AFT, and works as an adjunct instructor for the National Labor College.

Lacy Gillispie - Labor Relations Representative (Pacific Region)
Email: lacygillespie@msn.com

Lacy L. Gillespie serves the labor movement as a Labor Relations Representative for the California School Employees Association, residing in Barstow, California. Immediately after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Labor Studies in 2006 from the National Labor College, he went on to earn his Masters of Public Administration in 2009 from the NLC/University of Baltimore’s graduate partnership program. Lacy was initiated in to the Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society, University of Baltimore Chapter in May of 2008. In June of 2009 Lacy was admitted as an “Honored Member” of the Cambridge Who’s Who Registry of Executives, Professionals and Entrepreneurs. Prior to joining the CSEA staff in 2001, brother Lacy served in various executive board positions of his CSEA local chapter, served CSEA on the state level as Regional Representative, and finally as Area Director, an elected member of the CSEA Board of Directors.