Roger Ramjug - President

President Roger Ramjug is a member of Sheet Metal Workers International Association @ Local 38, residing in Newburgh, New York.  Receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Labor Studies in 2001 and a Masters of Public Administration in 2003 at the National Labor College, Brother Ramjug is in the Honor Society of Public Administrators/ University of Baltimore and in Who’s Who of American Colleges and Universities. A native of Trinidad, West Indies, he is currently Director of Facilities Administration with the Marlboro Central School District in New York. He has also served as President of the Graduate Student Union from 2002-2003.

Kirk Brungard - Vice President

Kirk Brungard serves as the IBEW Director of Construction Organizing. As a member of IBEW Local 11 in Los Angeles, Kirk served on the local’s apprenticeship and strategic planning committees and the District 5 Welfare Committee,. He 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.  In 2005, he was appointed International Representative in the Membership Development Department. In this capacity, he assisted the development of organizing education, including preparing for yearly conferences and expanding the union’s online library. Kirk earned his B.A. in labor studies from the National Labor College in 2001.  In 2004, he received his Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Baltimore, attending classes at the NLC..

Gary Lucy - Treasurer

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.

Carla Insinga - Secretary

Carla M. Insinga is the Director of Organizing for Council 13 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in Pennsylvania.  Insinga 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. Insinga 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.