The Labor Research and Action Network (LRAN) is a dynamic collaborative effort to connect workers’ rights organizations, academics and students to build workplace and economic power for working people in this country. The Advisory Committee is the governing body of the emerging network of scholars and labor practitioners.

Below are the current members of the LRAN Advisory Committee, organized by affiliation:

LRAN is led by a volunteer advisory committee comprised of representatives of academia, unions, worker centers and allied nonprofits.

LRAN is coordinated by Jason Tomlinson, Advancing Black Strategists Initiative Coordinator, Jobs With Justice

Union representatives:

• Tara Fugate, AFL-CIO
• Christopher Garcia Hermida, American Federation of Teachers
• Jenny Ho, AFSCME
• Susan Nogan, National Education Association
• Hannah Perkins, Georgia AFL-CIO
• Rachel Tyree, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Worker Center representatives:

• Chama St. Louis, National Black Worker Center Project
• Magaly Licolli, Venceremos Arkansas

Academic representatives:

• Jessica Cook-Quarayashi, Ph.D. Director, DePaul University Labor Education Center
• Cedric de Leon, UMass Amherst Labor Center
• Ruben J. Garcia, Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Boyd School of Law
• Tamara Lee, Esq., Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
• Zoë West, The Worker Institute at Cornell University
• Naomi R. Williams, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University

Nonprofit representative:

• Jennifer Muñoz, The LIFT Fund