Denis M. Hughes

Denis M. Hughes in 2011.

Denis M. Hughes is Chairman (formerly acting chairman and Deputy Chair) and Class C director of the New York Federal Reserve Board, as well as President of the 2.5 million member New York State AFL-CIO.

In 2003, Hughes was elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and currently serves as Chair of the Management and Budget Committee, and is a member of the Audit Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.[1]

He joined the New York State AFL-CIO staff in 1985 as a political director, and in February 1990, was appointed to the position of executive assistant to the president. In this capacity, Mr. Hughes acted as a union lobbyist within the federation. Mr. Hughes was elected president of the New York State AFL-CIO 1999.[2]

References

  1. http://www.nysaflcio.org/?zone=view_page.cfm&page=Officers
  2. http://www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/orgchart/board/hughes.html