Officers and Staff

Anita has been serving Local 353 as union secretary since December 2013, providing membership services and apprenticeship program support.  She graduated from Pekin High School and received a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College. Her working career has taken her from Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, Sacramento and Portland, OR and has been back in Pekin for 8 years (no place like home).  She has 2 sons, Peter, from Pekin; and Andy, who lives in Portland, OR with his wife and 3 children.  Anita is also involved in a piping industry, but a musical type – the pipe organ.