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Russell N. Shewchuk

Russell N. Shewchuk

International Vice President

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Michael P. Monahan

Michael P. Monahan

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Dennis C. Affinati

Dennis C. Affinati

International Vice President

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Gina P. Cooper

Gina P. Cooper

International Vice President

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Glenn Brannen

Glenn Brannen

International Vice President

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Michael Clemmons

Michael Clemmons

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Chrisitan J. Wagner

Chrisitan J. Wagner

International Vice President

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Jerry Bellah

Jerry Bellah

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David E. Reaves, Jr.

David E. Reaves, Jr.

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Brent E. Hall

Brent E. Hall

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ELEVENTH DISTRICT

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Mark D. Hager

Mark D. Hager

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International Vice Presidents

Russ Shewchuck

Russ Shewchuck

International Vice-President
First District

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Michael P. Monahan

Michael P. Monahan


International Vice-President
second District

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Dennis C. Affinati

Dennis Affinati


International Vice-President
third District

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Gina P. Cooper

Gina P. Cooper

International Vice-President
Fourth District

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Glenn Brannen


International Vice-President
Fifth District

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Michael Clemmons

Michael Clemmons

International Vice-President
Sixth District

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Chrisitan J. Wagner

Christian J. Wagner

International Vice-President
Seventh District

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Jerry Bellah

Jerry Bellah

International Vice-President
Eight District

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David E. Reaves Jr.

David E. Reaves Jr.

International Vice-President
Ninth District

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Brent E. Hall

Brent E. Hall

International Vice-President
tenth District

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Mark D. Hager

Mark Hager

International Vice-President
Eleventh District

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International Executive Council

Christopher Erikson

Christopher Erikson

Chairman
  • IBEW Local Union 3
158-11
    Harry Van Arsdale Jr Ave.
    4th Fl
Flushing, NY 11365
  • (718) 591-4000
Joseph P. Calabro

Joseph P. Calabro

First District
  • IBEW Local Union 1158
1149
    Bloomfield Avenue

    Clifton, NJ 07012
  • (973) 773-3336

Myles J. Calvey

Second District
  • IBEW Local Union 2222
    159 Thomas Burgin Parkway
    3rd Floor
Quincy, MA 02169
  • (617) 929-6000

BILL HAMILTON

Third District

Zachary T. Cassidy

Fourth District

Donald B. Finn

Fifth District
  • IBEW Local Union 134
    2722 S Martin Luther King Dr
    Chicago, IL 60616
  • (312) 454-1340

Mark H. Cunningham

Sixth District

Leroy J. Chincio, Jr.

Seventh District

Tom Griffiths

Eighth District
  • IBEW Local 625
    24 Lakeside Park Drive
    Suite 202
Lakeside
    NS B3T 1L1
  • (902) 450-5625

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The International Executive Council’s meetings are published in an abridged form in The Electrical Worker. For full meeting minutes, please click below.

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Jammi Ouellette

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Danielle Eckert

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Kenneth W. Cooper International President

Kenneth W. Cooper

IBEW International President

Kenneth Cooper was appointed IBEW International President in 2023. He resides in Clarksburg, Maryland, with his wife, Gina. Together they have raised five successful and intelligent children, three daughters and two sons.

Cooper began his career in 1985 at Local Union 688 in Mansfield, Ohio, where he served a four-year apprenticeship to become a journeyman wireman. He served many roles at his local union, including steward, vice president, president, chairman trustee for the Pension Fund, chairman trustee for the Annuity, and chairman of trustees for the Health and Welfare Fund. In 1993 he was elected business manager.

Under his leadership, the local prospered, market share for construction grew, and organizing increased, including a successful organizing campaign at a manufacturing plant that added nearly 200 members to the small local. He was also active in his community, taking on roles such as vice president of the Richland County AFL-CIO, co-chairman of the Richland County Building Trades, board member for the American Red Cross, United Way, Catholic Charities and Richland County Woman’s Shelter.

In 2002, Cooper relocated to Las Vegas, where he worked for Local Union 396 as the assistant business manager. While there, he was instrumental in organizing five new units of workers at Nevada Power Company and a new power-generating plant in Apex.

In 2006, IBEW International President Edwin D. Hill recognized his leadership skills when he asked him to serve as an international representative for the Fourth District of the IBEW, which covers Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

In May 2011, his hard work and dedication to the IBEW was again recognized when President Hill recommended to the International Executive Council that Brother Cooper be appointed as the international vice president for the Fourth District.

Delegates to the 38th International Convention elected him to a full term in September 2011 and re-elected him in 2016 at the 39th International Convention in St. Louis, Missouri.

In 2017, through his persistence and leadership, the IBEW celebrated one of the biggest organizing wins in its 125-year history when 1,418 Baltimore Gas and Electric Employees voted to be represented by our great brotherhood. He also successfully organized 39 out of 42 elections in 6 states for Asplundh tree workers.

In May 2017, then-International President Lonnie R. Stephenson asked Kenny to join him as International Secretary-Treasurer and serve the IBEW as his partner. Delegates to the 40th International Convention overwhelmingly elected him to a full term in 2022.

Under his stewardship, the National Electrical Benefit Fund grew from $13.9 billion to $16.1 billion. It earned an average investment return of 7.2%, placing the NEBF in the nation’s top ten percent of Taft-Hartley pension plans during his time in office.

IST Cooper also spearheaded NEBF’s investment in $650 million of infrastructure and private equity funds that generated superior investment returns and created jobs in the electrical industry.

Brother Cooper headed up the IBEW’s successful campaign to pass the Butch Lewis Act, which ensured the retirement security of millions of working people enrolled in troubled multi-employer pension plans.

He serves on the Executive Committee of the AFL-CIO and the Governing Board of Presidents for North America’s Building Trades Unions.

Paul A. Noble International Secretary-Treasurer

Paul A. Noble

International Secretary-Treasurer

Paul Noble was appointed International Secretary-Treasurer of the IBEW on Jan. 4, 2023, to fill the remaining term of Kenneth W. Cooper, who was elevated to International President.

Brother Noble is a lifelong resident of southern Illinois. He and his wife Gina have two beautiful daughters and one granddaughter.

The son of a St. Louis Local 1 IBEW wireman, Noble got his first IBEW job in 1986 as a material handler. After graduating from ITT Technical Institute, he joined West Frankfort, Ill., Local 702 as combination person for Contel Telephone. He then went on to serve a five-year apprenticeship.

Active in his local union, he served as an organizer, business representative, and JATC instructor before becoming business manager in 2006.

In addition to his responsibilities at Local 702, which represents nearly every branch of the IBEW, Brother Noble served as NECA-IBEW Decatur Plan Trustee, Egyptian Building Trades Officer and president of the Southern Illinois Central Labor Council.

In 2010, then International President Edwin D. Hill appointed Noble as an international representative in the Sixth District, where he served as the Illinois state political coordinator and serviced local unions in southern Illinois and southwest Indiana.

In 2015, then-Sixth District Vice President David Ruhmkorff asked him to serve as his administrative assistant in the district office.

In 2022, then-International President Lonnie R. Stephenson appointed him to fill the term of retiring Vice President Ruhmkorff. Delegates to the 40th International Convention unanimously elected him to a full term later that year.

Throughout his union career, Brother Noble has been committed to grassroots union political action.

Recently, he helped head up two historic pro-worker and pro-jobs wins in his home state of Illinois: The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, which sets some of the strongest pro-worker provisions for the energy industry in the nation and the Workers’ Rights Amendment, which enshrines the right to bargain collectively in the state constitution.