Posted on Thu, Nov. 5, 2009
* President, Transport
Workers Union Local 234.
* Personal: 46, married
with one child and a grandchild.
* 1981: Graduated from
University City High School.
* 1987: Hired at SEPTA as a
trolley driver in August.
* 1997: Hired as TWU busi-
ness agent, representing the Elmwood and Callowhill depots.
* 2004: Elected TWU exec-
utive vice president.
* 2008: Assumed presiden-
cy after then-president Jeffrey Brooks was hired by the national TWU headquarters in New York City.
* 2009: Negotiating first
SEPTA contract as president.
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