DENVER, CO – (October 19, 2021) – International Longshoremen’s Association Trustees, officers and staff participated in 2021 International Foundation’s Employee Benefits Conference held this week at The Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. After a year’s absence due to COVID pandemic, trustees from ILA ports around the country were happy to be reunited with their Sister and Brother ILA members. The week-long conference featured scores of educational sessions covering topics ranging from “Multiemployer Collective Bargaining Issues” to “Legal and Fiduciary Issues in Investments.” Even Covid subject matters made their way into this year’s foundation session offerings: “Life With Covid- Health Care Benefits Trends”; “Vaccines and the Cost of Care for Unvaccinated Participants”; and “Real Estate Investments: Before and After the Pandemic.” In the hallways and conference sessions, you were sure to find an ILA representative attending one of the many classes. The ILA delegation took time out to join in this amazing photo. Bottom row (right to left): Elise Dixon, (Miami); Torin Ragin, (Miami); Jim McNamara, ILA International Chief of Staff (New York and New Jersey) ; David Magee, (New Orleans); Carlos Sanchez-Ortiz, (San Juan, Puerto Rico); Michael Heath, (Hampton Roads); Stephen Walton, (Hampton Roads); Second Row (right to left): Paul Mosley, (Savannah); Luis Gonzalez, International Vice President, (Miami); Johnnie Dixon, (Fort Lauderdale); John Daggett, Atlantic Coast District General Vice President, (New York & New Jersey); Thomas Little, International Vice President, (Hampton Roads); Jonathan Coley, (Hampton Roads); Kevin Halstead, (Hampton Roads); Third Row (right to left): Decyo McDuffie, (Savannah); Eugene Dixon (Miami); Kenneth Oelkers, ILA International Education Director (New York and New Jersey); William Hartigan, ILA International ITF Representative, (New York and New Jersey); Jessica Cook, (Philadelphia); Christopher Hammond, (New Orleans); Walter Roesch, (New Orleans); Fourth Row (right to left) Jose Rivera-Alicea, (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico); Kenny Thorpe, (Brunswick); Marilyn Ruiz, (Miami); John Cook, (Philadelphia); Fifth Row (right to left) Michael McDuffie, (Brunswick); Anthony Gross, (Fort Lauderdale); Joseph Filacanevo, ILA International Chief Financial Officer, (New York & New Jersey); Anthony Arrufat, (Miami); Juan Losoda, (Miami( Phillip (Flip) Renzi, (Philadelphia); Top row (right to left): Ronald Montague, (Savannah); Eric Penny, (Apollo Beach); Torrey Norman, (Tampa); Kerry Brown, (Port Allen); Howard Roundtree, (Tampa).
