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Alliance for Retired Americans Leaders
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Barbara Easterling
President
Barbara J. Easterling is the second President
of the Alliance for Retired Americans. She
began serving in that office on February 19,
2009.
"It is a great honor and privilege to be
elected President of the Alliance for Retired
Americans. This is a critical time for our
nation. Our economy is in crisis, and our
health care system is dire need of reform - it
is more important than ever that we educate and
mobilize retirees on these issues," Easterling
said. Read
more...
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Edward F. Coyle
Executive Director
Edward Coyle has directed the growth of the
Alliance for Retired Americans since its
inception in 2001. During that time, the
Alliance has chartered 30 state Alliances and
1,400 local chapters while the national
organization has grown to 3.5 million members
with a fast growing community-based membership.
Under his leadership, the Alliance has been at
the forefront of battles on
Medicare/prescription drugs, Social Security
and the 2006 and 2008 campaigns. A long-time
political activist, he has been involved in
scores of political campaigns and is deeply
committed to social and economic justice for
all citizens.Read
more...
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Ruben Burks
Secretary-Treasurer
Secretary-Treasurer Ruben Burks has helped the
Alliance grow to its current 27 active State
Alliances. Traveling thousands of miles on
behalf of the Alliance, Burks, who served as
United Auto Workers (UAW) secretary-treasurer
from 1998 to 2002, advocates strongly for
policies that support the high quality of life
American seniors have worked so hard to attain.
He played a leading role in the UAW-General
Motors Community Health Care Initiative, an
innovative community-based effort to improve
the quality, accessibility and efficient
delivery of health care. Burks' numerous civic
and charitable organizations include the Flint
Urban League, Goodwill Industries of Flint,
Special Olympics, March of Dimes, Red Cross,
Easter Seals, NAACP and the Coalition of Black
Trade Unionists. Read
more...
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Judy Cato
Executive Vice President
A tremendously energetic and passionate
activist, Cato joined the Board of the Alliance
for Retired Americans in 2001. She managed the
Council House National Council of Senior
Citizens senior facility in Marlow Heights,
Maryland, having served on several NCSC boards
and committees. During her 15 years on the
Prince George's County Advisory Committee on
Aging, Cato was a delegate to the 1995 and 2005
White House Conferences on Aging, and served
for eight years at the request of Maryland
Governor Parris Glendenning on Maryland's State
Commission on Aging. Cato is active in a
number of community-based groups, and as a
30-year volunteer with the Leukemia Society,
helped raise millions of dollars through the
annual Bobby Mitchell charity golf tournament.
Cato was named Distinguished Black Woman by
Black Women in Sisterhood for Action in 1999.
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Richard L. Trumka
Executive Vice President
Richard Trumka has served as Executive Vice
President since the Alliance's inception. The
chair of the Advancing the Alliance Committee,
Trumka developed the five-year plan to capture
the growing proportion of retirees from the
ranks of labor into a grassroots structure,
communicate to these retirees and strengthen
their political voice and presence. Read
more...