Labor Relations Specialist Susan Bloom Jones has been promoted to NYSUT/UUP director of staff. She replaces Martin Coffey, who retired in February after 19 years of service to NYSUT and UUP.

“Susan has done a tremendous job for UUP as a labor relations specialist, and we are confident that she will continue to serve our members well as director of staff,” said UUP President Phil Smith.

Prior to being named director of staff, Jones served since 1998 as a labor relations specialist assigned to UUP chapters at New Paltz, Maritime, Purchase and Optometry. She began as a labor relations specialist in 1989, assigned to NYSUT K-12 locals in the Elmsford-Tarrytown region. Before that, she worked in NYSUT’s Office of General Counsel in New York City, where she handled litigation matters, hearings and appeals.

— Karen L. Mattison