Our Leadership

Executive officers

Kenneth Cooper  

International President

Paul A. Noble

International Secretary-Treasurer

our leadership

International Vice Presidents

FIRST DISTRICT

Canada

Russell N. Shewchuk

International Vice President

SECOND DISTRICT

CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT

Michael P. Monahan

International Vice President

THIRD DISTRICT

DE, NJ, NY, PA

Dennis C. Affinati

International Vice President

FOURTH DISTRICT

DC, KY, MD, OH, VA & WV

Gina P. Cooper

International Vice President

FIFTH DISTRICT

AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, PR

Glenn Brannen

International Vice President

SIXTH DISTRICT

IL, IN, MI, MN, WI

Michael Clemmons

International Vice President

SEVENTH DISTRICT

AZ, KS, NM, OK, TX

Chrisitan J. Wagner

International Vice President

EIGHTH DISTRICT

CO, ID, MT, UT, WY

Jerry Bellah

International Vice President

NINTH DISTRICT

AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA

David E. Reaves, Jr.

International Vice President

TENTH DISTRICT

AR, NC, SC, TN

Brent E. Hall

International Vice President

ELEVENTH DISTRICT

IA, MO, NE, ND, SD

Mark D. Hager

International Vice President

Executive officers

Russ Shewchuck

International Vice-President

First District

Michael P. Monahan 

International Vice-President

second District

Dennis Affinati 

International Vice-President

third District

Gina P. Cooper

International Vice-President

Fourth District

Glenn Brannen 

International Vice-President

Fifth District

Michael Clemmons

International Vice-President

Sixth District

Christian J. Wagner

International Vice-President

Seventh District

Jerry Bellah

International Vice-President

Eight District

David E. Reaves Jr.

International Vice-President

Ninth District

Brent E. Hall

International Vice-President

tenth District

Mark Hager

International Vice-President

Eleventh District

International Executive council

Christopher Erikson

Chairman

Joseph P. Calabro

First District

Myles J. Calvey

Second District

BILL HAMILTON

Third District

BILL HAMILTON

Fourth District

Donald B. Finn

Fifth District

Mark H. Cunningham

Sixth District

Leroy J. Chincio, Jr.

Seventh District

minutes of the iec's most recent meetings

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

Executive Assistants

Ricky Oakland

Vice-President

Louis spencer

Deputy chief of staff

Sherilyn Wright

Senior Executive Assistant  to the International President

Ryan Reithel

Senior Executive Assistant to the International Secretary-Treasurer

Jammi Oulette

Assistant to the International President for Membership Development

Austin Keyser

Assistant to the International President for Government Affairs

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.