Jocelyn Woodards
Nominating Committee
Jocelyn Woodards is a Senior Field Representative for the National American Federation of Labor—Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) which is an organization of over 60 national and international labor unions. Jocelyn is a national labor and community organizer, and veteran of numerous political campaigns over the past three decades. She worked on the staff of 5 Presidential campaigns—including serving as the Director of Camp Obama with the Obama for America 2008 campaign.
Her professional background includes working with national organizations such as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Democratic National Committee, NAACP and People for the American Way. She traveled around the country working on local, state, and national elections in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Louisiana, Ohio, New Jersey, Virginia,
Washington, D.C; and Wisconsin. And, she has trained organizers from around the country on the basics of community organizing and political campaigns.
In her previous role with the AFL-CIO (Popular Education Community Engagement Coordinator) Jocelyn has successfully trained hundreds of union members, leaders, constituency groups, community partners and allies on the AFL-CIO Common Sense Economics program—a program designed to help working people understand the economy and how to take action on behalf of working people.
Jocelyn is a proud member of CWA—TNG, CBTU and CLUW. She currently serves on the board of Chicago Women in Trades and IGNITE and lives on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois.
