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JAMES
BOLAND
Secretary-Treasurer
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Secretary-Treasurer James Boland, a member of the Executive
Board since his election in 1995, was appointed to his
current office in June 1999 and subsequently elected to
serve a full five-year term at the IU Convention in September
2000.
Boland became a member of BAC in1977. He spent the next
decade working on commercial projects in the San Francisco
Bay area in brick, block, stone, and marble. He became
Business Agent in 1988 and then President in 1992 of BAC
Local 3
California. One year later he was appointed to serve as
a member of the International Union’s highest advisory
body, the BAC Executive Council.
In 1994 Boland was named to the International Union’s
headquarters staff as Assistant to the Vice President for
Operations overseeing trade jurisdiction matters. Later
that same year Boland was asked to take on the added field
responsibilities of BAC Regional Director for California
and Nevada, a position he maintained until his election
to the Executive Board in 1995.
In addition to his Executive Board responsibilities, Boland
serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the International
Masonry Institute (IMI), the training and industry development
arm of the organized masonry industry, the International
Trowel Trades Pension Fund (IPF) and the International
Health Fund. He graduated from the Harvard Trade Union
Program in 1996.
In his current position, Secretary-Treasurer Boland has
oversight responsibilities for many of the International
Union’s financial and administrative programs. He
is also actively involved in shaping the IU's communication,
publication, education, and government relations initiatives.
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