Cathy Howell

Cathy Howell is Assistant Director for Leadership Development in the Field Department of the national AFL-CIO.

Cathy Howell is Assistant Director for Leadership Development in the Field Department of the national AFL-CIO (The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations). Cathy returned to the Northwest after having spent many years in North Carolina as Organizing Director at Grassroots Leadership, Director of the Carolina Community Project and with the AFL-CIO. Previously she worked for NARAL and Oregon Fair Share, and in 1995-7 served as director of Western States Center’s Community Leadership Training Program. Cathy is the editor of the Ark Magazine, the newsletter of the National Organizers Alliance.

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