Governance

Current board

Officers

Rachel Smith, Board Treasurer

Rachel Smith

Treasurer

Fair Work, PC, Employment Attorney Rachel is an associate attorney at Fair Work, P.C., where she represents workers in class actions as well as in individual cases of wage theft, discrimination, and retaliation. Prior to joining Fair Work, Rachel worked at Greater Boston Legal Services, where she re

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Michael Felsen, Board Secetary

Michael Felsen

Secretary

Retired Regional Solicitor, Department of Labor Michael Felsen joined Justice at Work as an Access to Justice Fellow in 2018, following a 39-year career as an attorney with the Solicitor's Office of the U.S. Department of Labor, concluding his tenure there as New England Regional Solicitor from 2010

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Elissa Cadillic, Board President

Elissa Cadillic

President

AFSCME Local 1526, President Elissa embodies all the qualities of a skilled labor leader. She has held various offices on the Executive Board of AFSCME Local 1526 and for the last 14 years has worked tirelessly to educate their members. As President, Elissa endeavors to keep members safe while worki

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Officers

Hugo Nelson Guevara, Board IWC Representative

Hugo Nelson Guevara

IWC Representative

Hugo Nelson Guevara is a key member of our Immigrant Worker Center community in East Boston. Born in San Miguel, El Salvador, in 1965 and raised by retired teachers, he's thankful for every moment life has granted him. When he's not hard at work in construction with Local 151, you'll Hugo indulging

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Amanda Lawson, Board Team Leader, Teens Lead @ Work

Amanda Lawson

Team Leader, TL@W

Amanda is a Team Leader with our Teens Lead @ Work program. She first joined TL@W in the summer of 2022 and quickly became an invaluable asset to our team, moving up to the role of Team Leader in the summer of 2023. As an organizer with MassCOSH, Amanda’s very passionate about the work they do on be

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Carol A. Bates, Board Member

Carol A. Bates

Member

Retired from OSHA, Union Leader Carol retired after 37+ years with Federal OSHA and served as an officer in her union AFGE Local 948.

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Ann O'Connor, Board Labor Analyst

Ann O'Connor

Labor Analyst

Labor Analyst Ann is currently employed as an Analyst for the Labor Management Cooperation Trust servicing the Plumbers Local 12 and Greater Boston Plumbing Contractors Association. She has also worked as an Assistant Researcher at International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103.

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​Michael Sireci, Board Member

​Michael Sireci

Member

Michael Sireci is a union organizer who has worked on safety issues in the health-care industry and in public education for over 25 years. He holds a master's degree from the Work Environment Department at University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is currently the sta

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David Yamada, Board Member

David Yamada

Member

Suffolk University Law School David Yamada is a Professor of Law and Director of the New Workplace Institute at Suffolk University Law School in Boston. He is an internationally recognized authority on the legal, policy, and organizational implications of workplace bullying. His model anti-bullying

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