We are proud to have honored Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch with the 2021 Jerry Prete Award at this year's IARA 2021 Senior Power Celebration for his accomplished leadership and steadfast commitment to seniors, workers, and a bold progressive vision for Illinois. &nbs... Read more
Drunita Steward taught secondary mathematics for over 35 years and has served as a Chicago Teachers Union delegate for over 45 years both as an Active Teacher and a Retired Teacher. Her roles at CTU include District Supervisor and organizer for retired delegates. She is als... Read more
Gail Donnelly Bader spent her career in law. She received her B.S. Central Michigan University; JD Washington University at St. Louis (Order of the Coif) and has been the recipient of the Woman of DIstinction award and the Joseph R. Bartylak Pro Bono Service Award 2009. She c... Read more
Scott Marshall spent his career in manufacturing and is the International Vice President of the Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees. Scott is committed to justice, and anti-racist action spurring from his early involvement with the civil rights movement in the South.... Read more
Miller Rodgers worked as an assembler, repairman, and in maintenance at the International Harvester Company diesel engine plant in Melrose Park, where he was a proud member of United Auto Workers Local 6. For more than 15 years he served as a trustee on the UAW Local 6 Execut... Read more
We’re inviting you to join your friends at Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans (IARA) as we present Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Emanuel “Chris” Welch with the 2021 Jerry Prete award at this year’s virtual Senior Power Celebration on Thursday, De... Read more
Jacklyn Naughton is the Secretary of the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, as well as the Retiree Chair for the North Suburban Teachers Union. She has her MS in Cellular and Molecular Biology and spent her career as a science teacher, where she was awarded the Ni... Read more
Jane Russell has been a champion for working people and public education for more than four decades. She is currently the Secretary Treasurer for the Illinois Federation of Teachers, the Secretary of the North Central Illinois Labor Council, has served as the President of the... Read more
Charlotte Sanders was elected as an IARA Executive Board member at the 2021 Biennial Convention. An early childhood paraprofessional for 27 years, Charlotte continues to organize with the Chicago Teachers Union as a member of the CTU Retiree Standing Committee, and as a CTU Ret... Read more