Education
Bachelor with high honors, Yale College, 1967.
Bachelor with high honors, Yale College, 1967.
Organizer, business agent, Local 217 Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union (HERE), New Haven, 1969—1971, secretary-treasurer Local 217, 1971—1983, business manager Local 217, 1978—1986, international vice president HERE, 1982-1996, general secretary-treasurer, 1996-1998, general president, 1998—2004. HERE merged with the Union Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees (UNITE) to form UNITE HERE, Washington, 2004, president hospitality industry, 2004—2009, president, since 2009. Commissioner National Gambling Impact Study Commission, 1997—1999.
Trustee HERE's Welfare/Pension Funds, Southern Nevada Culinary & Bartenders Pension Fund.
Member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth B. Gilbertson, 1969. 2 children.