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






 

 
Lynn Tucker
General Vice President―Eastern Territory
Lynn Tucker began his career with the Machinists Union in 1976 working for Miller Brewery, in Fulton, New York. He has held a variety of elected offices in the I.A.M. including Shop Steward, Senior Steward, Local Lodge Vice President, President, and Vice President of the New York State Council of Machinists. Lynn was active and served in the Oswego, New York Labor Council and the Greater Syracuse, New York Labor Council. He also served as Director of the United Way in Fulton, New York, and was President of the Industrial Relations Research Association, Central New York Chapter, Syracuse, New York, and was an active member of CLUW and the NAACP.

In 1986, Lynn Tucker was elected to serve as Business Representative in District Lodge 137, Watertown, New York. Then in 1989, Lynn was appointed Special Representative for the Eastern Territory and in 1991 advanced to the position of Grand Lodge Representative. In 1992, then General Vice President George J. Poulin selected Representative Tucker to serve as his Administrative Assistant. After Vice President Poulin’s retirement in 1997, newly elected General Vice President Warren Mart selected him to continue as the Administrative Assistant of the Eastern Territory.

Elected as a General Vice President August 1, 2003, Brother Tucker is assigned to direct IAM programs and activities in the union’s Eastern Territory, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.