The IAM
Executive Council
The nine members of the IAM's Executive Council ―
the International President, General Secretary-Treasurer and seven
General Vice Presidents ― direct IAM affairs between conventions.
The Executive Council is
elected every four years in a secret ballot, nationwide referendum. The IAM Constitution requires that officers have worked in the shop as
members in good-standing for at least five years.
R. Thomas
Buffenbarger
International President
Warren Mart
General Secretary-Treasurer
Lee Pearson
General Vice President
Western Territory
Dave Ritchie
General Vice President
Canada
Robert V. Thayer
General Vice President
Headquarters
Robert Roach, Jr.
General Vice President
Transportation
Lynn Tucker
General Vice President
Eastern Territory
Robert Martinez
General Vice President
Southern Territory
James E. Brown
General Vice President
Midwest Territory
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 Robert V.
Thayer
General Vice President―Headquarters
Robert Thayer initiated into IAM Local Lodge 147 in 1965 as an
electronic assembler and tester at the Brown & Sharpe Co, Rhode Island.
Shop Steward, 1966; Local Lodge VP, 1970; President, 1973; Board of
Incorporators, Rhode Island Group Health Association; Board of
Directors, United Way, S.E. New England; labor representative GATT
negotiations, Geneva, Switzerland; Business Rep. District Lodge 64, 1978
Special Rep., 1989; Grand Lodge Rep., 1990; IAM Vice President, 1997.
Born Feb. 18, 1943. Thayer and his wife, Marion, have three sons and
six grandchildren. |
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