Fellows
Through our Fellows program, the Worker Institute acknowledges the groundbreaking work of our external colleagues and partners in the labor movement. Worker Institute Fellows have been nominated due to their ongoing and continued work on key Worker Institute projects.
Joe Alvarez
- Co-Founder, Alvarez Porter Group
Joe is a veteran labor leader, organization development expert, and visionary labor educator.
Heather Berthoud
- Executive Director, Berthoud Consulting LLC
With 25 years in organization effectiveness, Heather Berthoud is a thoughtful and trusted partner to organizational and community leaders.
Gene Carroll
- Retired, Co-Director of the NYS AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Leadership Institute Union Leadership Institute
J. Mijin Cha
- Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College
J. Mijin Cha, Associate Director, works in the Equity as a Superior Growth Model program PolicyLink.
Kim Cook
- Retired Extension Associate, The Worker Institute
Kim Cook is the past President of SEIU Local 925, a local of 26,000 child care and public sector workers in Washington State.
Al Davidoff
- Director of Organizational and Leadership Development at the Solidarity Center
Al Davidoff is the Director of Organizational and Leadership Development at the Solidarity Center, the US labor movement's global arm, with 280 staff in over 60 countries.
E. Tammy Kim
- Writer, Contributor NYTimes Opinion
E. Tammy Kim is Staff Writer at Al Jazeera America focusing on labor, poverty, and culture.
Deborah King
- Senior Advisor at National Domestic Workers Alliance
Deborah (Debby) King has had a long history with the labor movement, starting when she was a student at the ILR School working as a union organizer for District 65 during summer vacations.
Nadia Marin-Molina
- Co-Executive Director of NDLON
Nadia Marin-Molina is the Workers' Rights Program Coordinator at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON).
Sanjay Pinto
- Research Fellow, The Worker Institute
Sanjay Pinto is a sociologist based in Brooklyn with a range of interests related to social inequality, social policy, and social movements.
Maite Tapia
- Assistant Professor at the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations at Michigan State University
Maite Tapia is Assistant Professor at the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations at Michigan State University. She completed her Ph.D.