Edward M. Smith is an American labor leader from Marion, Illinois, who now resides in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

Labor

In 1981, Edward M. Smith was appointed International Representative for the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) and was later appointed LIUNA Legislative Director for the State of Illinois. Smith was elected President of the Southern Illinois Laborers' District Council in 1986 and Business Manager in 1990. Smith served as Midwest Regional Manager of LIUNA from 1994 to 2008. He was elected a Vice President of the International Union in 1996 and served on the International's General Executive Board. In 2001, Smith was appointed as Assistant to the General President for the International Union. On January 3, 2011, Smith was named Chief Executive Officer of The

Union Labor Life Insurance Company Ullico Inc. is a privately held insurance and financial services holding company in the United States. Formerly known as Union Labor Life Insurance Company, it was founded in 1927 by the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and its then president, ...

(Ullico Inc.), a labor-owned insurance and investment company headquartered in Washington, D.C. He had been serving as the company's president since May 2008 and previously served as executive vice president in 2007 while maintaining full-time duties with LIUNA. Smith was the former Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Investment, served as a member of the

Illinois Department of Labor The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is the code department of the Illinois state government that is responsible for the administration and enforcement of more than 20 labor and safety laws. Its director is Michael Kleinik, who was appointed in ...

Advisory Board, the

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, and was Chairman of the National Alliance for Fair Contracting. Smith serves on the boards of America's Agenda-Healthcare for All,

Jobs with Justice Jobs With Justice (JWJ) is a labor rights organization in the United States, focused on the vision that all workers should be able to collectively bargain. It was founded in 1987 and is made up of individuals and affiliated organizations. As of 2 ...

, the Council on Competitiveness, and is a trustee for the AFL-CIO Staff Retirement Plan.

Education

Smith a graduate of Shawnee Community College in Ullin IL, was the first member of the Laborers' International Union to graduate from the

National Labor College The National Labor College was a college for union members and their families, union leaders and union staff in Silver Spring, Maryland. Established as a training center by the AFL–CIO in 1969 to strengthen union member education and organizin ...

with a bachelor's degree. He was an active board member for the college. In 1978, Smith graduated from the

Harvard Trade Union Program Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan cler ...

Politics

Smith was a delegate to the

Democratic National Convention The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 ...

from Illinois in 2000 and 2004. He was an

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Superdelegate In American politics, a superdelegate is an unpledged delegate to the Democratic National Convention who is seated automatically and chooses for themselves for whom they vote. These Democratic Party superdelegates (who make up slightly under 15 ...

to the

2008 Democratic National Convention The 2008 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party where it adopted its national platform and officially nominated its candidates for president and vice president. The conventi ...

References

Ed Smith Ullico Inc. Bio
Ullico Inc. Retrieved on 2013-06-11.

Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
Democratic National Committee Membership Roster 2004-2008
Retrieved on 2008-02-21.

External links

Midwest Regional Laborers' UnionUllico Inc.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Edward M. Living people Illinois Democrats Harvard University alumni People from Marion, Illinois Year of birth missing (living people) National Labor College people Laborers' International Union of North America people Trade unionists from Illinois