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ACT-UAW LOCAL 7902 ELECTED OFFICERS & STAFF

EXECUTIVE BOARD

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​Jaclyn Lovell
​Jaclyn Lovell, President
Jaclyn Lovell teaches writing at Parsons and the Center for English Language Studies. Editor in Chief at LIT (2009-2014) and Printed Matter Editor for Boog City (2016-2017), creative writing is central to her life both in and outside the classroom. Wisconsin-born, she can still catch frogs with her bare hands and continues to smile on her subway commute from Brooklyn. When she’s not grading essays, she’s defending Part-Time Faculty rights as a New School union rep, officiating weddings for close friends and family, and singing anywhere she can.
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Gordon Beeferman
Gordon Beeferman, First Vice President
Gordon Beeferman is a composer, pianist/organist, and writer, whose
 operas, chamber and orchestral music, avant-jazz, and collaborations with choreographers, writers, and other artists have been performed in New York and internationally. He has taught at NYU’s College of Arts and Sciences Department of Music since 2019, and been active in Local 7902 as a steward, organizer, and now 1st Vice President. His mother, a professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies, co-founded the union at her college more than 40 years ago, and he is proud to carry on the family tradition of building worker power against wealthy corporate bureaucrats!
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Jack Condie
Jack Condie, Recording Secretary
Jack is a PhD student in the Philosophy Department at the New School for Social Research. Whilst his main interests are in Ancient Philosophy and Aesthetics, he has a long history of being involved in political communications and communications strategy. He has managed social media for the Mayor of Annapolis, and for SENS UAW helping develop a coherent communications strategy for both. He has a BA in Liberal Arts from the Great Books program at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland (2020) and an MA from The New School for Social Research in Philosophy (2023). He’s passionate about creating strategy at the local level to unite our local’s various units across campuses and build solidarity amongst the higher education sector in this critical juncture in our industry. His personal website can be found: here

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Bahareh Ebne Alian
​Bahareh Ebne Alian, Financial Secretary-Treasurer
Bahareh Ebne Alian holds a PhD in Sociology from the New School for Social Research.
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Lee-Sean Huang
​​Lee-Sean Huang, Sergeant-At-Arms
Lee-Sean Huang is a Taiwanese American design practitioner, educator, and community builder based in Providence and New York City. He splits his time between serving as the Director of Design Content and Learning at AIGA, the largest professional association for design in the United States, teaching at the Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts, and running Foossa, the service design and strategy consultancy that he co-founded. He previously founded the design practice at Purpose, a consultancy that builds and supports movements to advance the fight for an open, just, and habitable world.
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​Dianca London Potts

​​Dianca London Potts, Guide
Dianca London Potts earned her MFA in fiction from The New School. She is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow, a VONA Voices alumna, and the former online editor of Well-Read Black Girl. Her words have been featured in Lenny Letter, The Village Voice, Shondaland, and elsewhere. Her memoir, Planning for the Apocalypse, is forthcoming from 37 Ink / Simon and Schuster. She teaches at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School and Pratt.

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Anika Sharma
​Anika Sharma, Trustee
Anika Sharma is a recognized Global Digital Expert and Organic Growth Leader. She has over 20 years of Digital, Brand Management and Consumer Marketing experience, and was recognized as a Rising Star by both Ogilvy North America and Grey Worldwide. Anika is a regular speaker at companies like Google, Bing, and Lenovo as well as at several US universities, including NYU Stern.
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David Palmer
​David Palmer, New York University Unit Chair
David Palmer is a writing and humanities educator, grant writer, queer historian, and NYU Unit Chair. At NYU, he teaches in Liberal Studies and the Opportunity Program, where he also tutors. David also teaches in the First-Year Writing program at Eugene Lang College. David believes the union is a vessel for democratic participation and is committed to implementing structures that center the members. He believes members are the highest authority and seeks to elevate their voices and maximize inclusion.
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Annie Larson
​Annie Larson, New School Part-Time Faculty Unit Chair 
Annie Larson is a knitwear designer, educator, and PTF Unit Chair for ACT-UAW Local 7902. She teaches Machine Knitting in Parsons School of Fashion at The New School and has a made-to-order sweater label called ALL Knitwear. Annie lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
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Elijah Blanton
​Elijah Blanton, SENS Unit Chair
Elijah is a second year PhD student in the department of economics, where he researches deindustrialization and labor market segmentation. Elijah has been engaged in labor, student, and community organizing for more than a decade.

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Donna Freeman-Tweed
​​Donna Freeman-Tweed, SHENS Unit Chair
Donna Freeman-Tweed
is a patient-centered, culturally sensitive physician assistant with 22 years of experience in public and private health settings. She believes in empowering patients to be active participants in their health and wellness through access to accurate medical information and advice. She is also an impassioned advocate of education and access to the best standards of medical care for everyone.

JOINT COUNCIL

NYU Joint Council
Alex Arakelian
Alexander King
Andy Eicher
Anthony Freire
Ayana Evans
Barry Greenhut
Caroline Werner
Cate Fallon
Charles Gelman
Diti Almog
Elizabeth Benninger
Erin Heiser
Grae Bowen
Hunter Hanson
Irina Rich Langer
Jason Tomme
Jean Campbell
Jeff Stark
Jess Haskins
Joan Greenberg
John King
John Santoro
Judith Sloan
Kathy Bishop
Lauren Petty

Leila Buck
Linn Cary Mehta
Liza Featherstone
Marguerite Lukes
Mark Johnson
Mary Helen Kolisnyk
Megan Goldman Petri
Melisa Annis
Moya Luckett
Olatunde Olusesi
Riley Dunbar
Robert Ausch
Sharon Vatsky
Sue Zizza
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New School Part Time Faculty Joint Council
Alan McGowan
Andrea Katz

Beata Szpura 
Christopher Nazzaro 
Darcy Rothbard 
Elizabeth Marner-Brooks 

Elizabeth Torres
Em Joseph
Fields Harrington

Heidi Gelover 
Ivan A. Eguigure

Jerzy Gwiazdowski
Jessica Marshall

​Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman 
Julian Guthrie
Keren Kori Shavit

Lizzie Olesker
Mariano Aguirre
Mark Armstrong

Mary Barto 
Matt Browning
Nora Heilmann 
Paula Stuttman
Rafael Mutis Garcia
Rebecca Nison
Shane Selzer
Shea Dean

Shireen Soliman
Warren Spielberg
SENS Joint Council
Cameron Williams
Danielle Twiss
Gant Roberson
John L. Black
Josephine Baker
Karthik Manickam
Kirti Varma
Madhav Tipu Ramachandran
Maryam Mushtaq
Matthew Zavislan
​Sawyer Mifsud
Stefan Gehrman
SHENS Joint Council
William Groth

ELECTED STEWARDS

NYU
Anthony Friere  
Charles Gelman  
Andy Eicher 
David Palmer
Gordon Beeferman 
Darrel Alejandro Holnes

Judith Sloan
Melisa Annis
Marie Buck
Hunter Hanson
Erin Heiser
Greg Myers
Jason Tomme
Sue Zizza
The New School
Douglas Morse 
Alan McGowan 
Alison McNulty  
Mary Barto
Stanley Dorn
Julian Guthrie
Jamerry Kim
Anya Kurennaya
Christopher Nazzaro

COMMITTEES

Special Election Committee — TBA
STAFF
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Cheryl Coles
Cheryl Coles, Office Administrator
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Alexander King
Alexander King, Data Analyst
Alexander King is a game designer, analyst and teaching artist based in Brooklyn. His work centers on data-driven design and simulation, and his work has been featured in festivals like ALT.CTRL.GDC and IndieCade. Alexander is an adjunct professor at both NYU and The New School, where he teaches classes on game design and complex systems (and spreadsheets). Before working in games, Alexander was an analytics consultant working in finance and ecommerce, but the economies he models now are usually fictional. He has a BA in Economic History from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA in Game Design from the NYU Game Center. He's been a member of the Joint Council representing the NYU Unit since 2023, and in 2024 was appointed to role of data analyst for ACT-UAW 7902.
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Josh Bartman
Josh Bartman, Database Administrator
The Database Administrator will maintain and expand our newly developed database system, managing the deployment pipeline, data security, and continuing development to support union needs. Josh Bartman has led this development over the past nine months and will continue that work in this new role. Josh is a member of UAW Local 4121 and has been providing software solutions for various applications over the past six years.
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Brian Allen
Brian Allen, 7902 Union Organizer
Brian Allen (he/him) is an organizer with ACT-UAW. His areas of focus are collective bargaining campaigns and existing membership organizing with healthcare workers at The New School and adjunct faculty at New York University.
Brian graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Public Policy  from The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and is in his final year of study at The City University of New York School of Law in the Evening J.D. Program. Brian formerly interned for the United Campus Workers of Georgia-CWA Local 3265, the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys-UAW Local 2325 and the Industrial Division of CWA.
In addition to labor rights, Brian is passionate about environmental justice in southern Appalachia and confronting voter disenfranchisement in his home state of Georgia. When he can find a reprieve from the ongoing class struggle, Brian enjoys fishing the East River while pondering the social production of space near his home in Astoria, Queens. 
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Julia Geiger
Julia Geiger, 7902 Union Organizer
Julia Geiger (she/they) is a staff organizer with ACT-UAW Local 7902. Julia's current areas of focus include contract enforcement and member engagement and education. Prior to joining Local 7902, Julia was the chair of A Better NYLAG, a chapter within UAW Local 2325, the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys; she also represented clients in immigration court and in immigration appeals. Julia holds a BA from Harvard College and a JD from Yale Law School.
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Annie Levin
Annie Levin, UAW Union Organizer
Annie Levin (she/her) is a staff organizer at ACT-UAW where she focuses on external organizing, membership activities, and contract campaigns, as well as media strategy and political coalition building.
Annie holds a Masters Degree in Liberal Studies from The New School for Social Research as well as an MFA in Fiction from Hunter College. As an MFA student at Hunter, Annie was awarded a Hertog Fellowship to act as research assistant to novelist Francine Prose. After completing her education, Annie taught writing and literature at New York University, Hunter College, and Fordham University as an adjunct instructor. In 2018, Annie moved from teaching to political organizing and journalism. She volunteered extensively for progressive candidates for elected office, especially those endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America. At the same time, she began writing and publishing work on the intersections between labor, culture, the arts, and politics. Her essays and reporting can be found in Observer, Jacobin, and Current Affairs, among other publications. 
In addition to her work within Local 7902, Annie is also a founding member of Sing in Solidarity, the choir of New York City Democratic Socialists of America. The choir helps build community through song by teaching labor songs and songs of revolution. The choir uses music to build solidarity with other Leftist social movements across all forms of difference created, exacerbated, or exploited under capitalism. 
Annie is a proud daughter of Brooklyn, New York where she resides with her husband and an unwieldy number of books.
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Molly Ragan
Molly Ragan, UAW Union Organizer
Molly Ragan (she/they) is a staff organizer with Local 7902, part-time faculty in Parsons’ School of Design Strategies, member of the AAUP-TNS leadership council, a former SENS rep, and a Parsons alum. Molly leads organizing for Part-Time Faculty and the New Student Workers Union, and is also focused on building a broad coalition of students and workers at The New School. While currently centered around The New School, Molly’s approach to organizing leverages emergent strategy and community-centered design to empower workers at scale. 

Molly holds a BA with Honors in Political Science from the University of Arizona (2016) and an MS with Departmental Honors in Strategic Design & Management at Parsons School of Design (2022). She is currently pursuing an Advanced Certificate in Workplace Democracy and Community Ownership at CUNY’s School of Labor and Urban Studies (2024).
​Molly’s work with the UAW is just one piece of a larger practice aimed at catalyzing economic transition and realizing post-capitalist futures. In addition to labor organizing, Molly teaches post-capitalist business design at Parsons, bridges the worker power gap with the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives’ Union Co-op Council, and generally challenges the dominant landscapes of power wherever she goes.
When not confronting capitalist norms, Molly enjoys springtime blooms, bouldering, and building community in her neighborhood in Queens.
Union Representatives
NYU Reps
Judy Polyne
Caroline Werner
Robert Ausch 
Gerasimos Karavitis
Melisa Annis
Riley Dunbar

​SENS Reps
Josephine Baker
Yi Qing
Sakshi Pandey
The New School Part-Time Faculty Reps
Annie Larson (Unit Chair)
Doug Morse        
Ivan Eguigure
Azure Osborne-Lee
Paula Stuttman
Nora Heilmann

SHENS Reps
Lupe Larez
Bill Groth
Yasmin Mohabbat
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