On Thursday, November 8, 2012, LIUNA General President Terry O’Sullivan was on hand at NPMHU Headquarters in Washington, DC to officiate at the ceremony to install all seven members on the National Executive Board.  This marks the start of a four-year term that will expire toward the end of 2016.

National Executive Board members are sworn into office for their new terms by LIUNA General President Terry O’Sullivan (right foreground).  Board members (l-r) are National Secretary-Treasurer Mark A. Gardner, National President John F. Hegarty, Vice President Northeastern Region Paul Hogrogian, Vice President Eastern Region Kevin L. Fletcher, Vice President Southern Region Lawrence B. Sapp, Vice President Western Region Rudy Santos, and Vice President Central Region Jefferson C. Peppers III.

          Returning National Officers John Hegarty, Mark Gardner, Paul Hogrogian, Jeff Peppers, and Rudy Santos welcomed the newest members of the National Executive Board, Lawrence Sapp and Kevin Fletcher.

         “We are pleased to have such dedicated and qualified Union representatives as Lawrence and Kevin join us on the NEB,” said National President Hegarty.  “Elected by mail ballot from their respective Regions, both Kevin and Lawrence bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Board.”  Added National Secretary-Treasurer Mark Gardner, “I have seen both Brother Sapp and Brother Fletcher up close, and their strengths as union advocates will be an asset to all Mail Handlers over the next four years.”

          In addition to the installation ceremony, the Board met earlier on November 8 to look at the challenges that face the NPMHU in the short term, and over the long term.  The NEB is confident that working together with our Local leadership, and with the support of the rank and file, we will successfully confront those challenges and move this great Union forward.