CHAIR, CHANGE TO WIN;

 INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, CLC

Hailed by Fortune Magazine as "the most powerful woman in the labor movement" and named as one of Washingtonian's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2006 and 2009, Anna Burger is both a top ranking officer at SEIU, the nation's largest and fastest growing union, and the first chair of America's newest labor federation, Change to Win.

Founded in September 2005 by SEIU and six other major unions representing six million workers, Change to Win is developing joint industry-based organizing campaigns aimed at ensuring that workers, not just CEOs, benefit from today's global economy.

The 2.1-million member SEIU is focused on uniting workers in three key sectors to improve their lives and the services they provide. It is the largest union of health care and property service workers and second-largest public employee union in North America. Today, SEIU is the most diverse union in America, with a leadership that reflects its ranks: more than half of SEIU members are represented by local unions led by women or people of colors.

Burger is a longtime strategist who oversees SEIU's national political operations. In 2008, Burger led SEIU's grassroots election work, which helped elect President Barack Obama and brought unprecedented victories for pro-worker candidates from across the country. In the largest mobilization by any single organization in the history of U.S. politics, more than 13,000 SEIU members, staff and local leaders worked in battleground states and key House, Senate and state races to bring change to Washington, D.C. and restore the American Dream for working families.

Burger has also played a critical role in developing the infrastructure of the progressive movement by partnering with and helping develop organizations and initiatives to deliver a sustained presence of progressive leaders at all levels of government.

Burger has participated in a number of White House task force and advisory council meetings on the nation's economic recovery and rebuilding the American Dream. An outspoken voice on the critical role unions can play to restore economic fairness in America, Burger was named in February 2009 to the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board--a diverse group of economists, academics, business and labor leaders tasked with helping to guide the President's economic recovery policies.

Breaking with tradition is nothing new for Burger; in the 1970s-80s she was out front on picket lines, anti-war protests and feminist rallies. Throughout her career, she has pushed labor to deepen its commitment to equality for all. She played a significant role in SEIU's recognition of choice as a key issue for women's health and she has been a passionate advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.
 
Burger began her career in 1972 as a rank-and-file Pennsylvania state caseworker and union activist before her election as SEIU Local 668's first female president. She moved on to run the statewide political program and later became SEIU's national field director. She has been an active delegate to the Democratic National Convention since 1984 and has worked on the party's platform. She resides in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Earl F. Gohl, Jr. Their daughter, Erin Burger Gohl, graduated Smith College.

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