Syed Ali, President, LIUFF
Professor of Sociology
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: syed.f.ali@gmail.com

Nichole Flores, Vice-President, LIUFF
Associate Professor
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: DrNAdams@gmail.com

Ben Saunders, Secretary, LIUFF
Associate Professor of Psychology
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: bensaun@gmail.com

Herb Sherman, Grievance Chair, LIUFF
Professor of Management
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: hsherman88@hotmail.com

Carla G. Zeballos, Treasurer, LIUFF
Adjunct Associate Professor of French and Spanish
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: cgz11@aol.com

The Executive Committee is comprised of elected representatives and officers of the union.  All standing committees report to the Executive Committee at least once a year, or as needed when issues pertaining to the charge of a particular committee arise. In addition to the officers, executive committee members are elected bi-annually on alternate years to assist in decision making and to advise on the implementation of the collective bargaining agreement.

Officers, 2026 – Present

President: Syed Ali    
Vice President: Nichole Flores    
Treasurer: Carla Zeballos    
Secretary: Ben Saunders    
Grievance Chair: Herb Sherman    

Executive Committee Members, 2025 – Present

Syed Ali
Nicolás Agrait    
Cindy Broholm    
John Chin    
Liz Dalton    
Nicole Flores    
Arthur Kimmel    
Christopher League    
Maria McGarrity    
Michael Masaracchio    
Deborah Mutnick    
Barbara Parisi    
Amy Robinson    
Ben Saunders    
Johnna Woods    
 

OFFICERS 2024 – 2026

President: Stephanie Porcelli – Biology
Vice-President: Herbert Sherman – Business
Grievance Chair: Ed Donahue – Chemistry
Treasurer: Carla Zeballos – Languages
Secretary: Gary Racz – Languages

OFFICERS 2022 – 2024

President: Stephanie Porcelli – Biology
Vice-President: Barbara Parisi – Communication Studies
Grievance Chair: Margaret Cuonzo – Philosophy
Treasurer: Carla Zeballos – Languages
Secretary: Ben Saunders – Psychology

OFFICERS 2020 – 2022

President: Maria McGarrity – English
Vice-President: Benjamin Saunders – Psychology
Grievance Chair: Syed Ali – Sociology
Treasurer: Herb Sherman – Management
Secretary: Bakry Elmedni – History

OFFICERS Fall 2019

President: Maria McGarrity – English
Vice-President: Ben Saunders – Psychology
Grievance Chair: Syed Ali – Sociology
Treasurer: Mohammed Ghriga – Computer Science
Secretary: Stacey Horstmann Gatti – History

OFFICERS 2018-2019

President: Emily Drabinski – Library
Vice-President: Maria McGarrity – English
Grievance Chair: Kathryn Krase – Social Work
Treasurer: Mohammed Ghriga – Computer Science
Secretary: Stacey Horstmann Gatti – History

OFFICERS 2016-2018

President: Jessica Rosenberg -Social Work
Vice-President: Ralph Engelman -Journalism
Grievance Chair: Melissa Antinori -English
Treasurer: Mohammed Ghriga -Computer Science
Secretary: Emily Drabinski -Library

OFFICERS 2014-2016

President: Jessica Rosenberg -Social Work
Vice-President: Ralph Engelman -Journalism
Grievance Chair: Melissa Antinori -English
Treasurer: Mohammed Ghriga -Computer Science
Secretary: Emily Drabinski -Library

LIUFF History

• 1967 – Board of Trustees announces plans to sell the real estate of the Brooklyn Campus.  Faculty demonstrations block the Brooklyn Bridge.  New York State and New York City step in to end strike, the real estate deal is killed
• 1971 – LIUFF Established by secret ballot under the supervision of the NLRB
• 1972 – First Collective Bargaining Agreement signed
  • First collectively bargained contract for faculty in a private university in the nation
  • Defined tenure as being held in the University, still unique and beyond AAUP requirements that tenure is held only in a department.
• June 1, 1974 –

The Faculty Federation (LIUFF) is the union representing both full-time and adjunct faculty at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus and its extension campuses. LIUFF is celebrating its 47th anniversary in 2016. LIUFF was established during a faculty struggle to save the Brooklyn Campus from extinction. The union as a collective bargaining unit was established officially in 1971, after an NLRB-directed election, as a chapter of the United Federation of College Teachers (local 1460, AFT/AFL-CIO). The first collective bargaining agreement was signed on May 31, 1972. At the time, there were