Staff
Stephen Lindauer
Chief Executive Officer
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Steve Lindauer has been chief executive officer of The Association of Union Constructors since September 2006.
Lindauer has been actively involved in the construction industry for more than 27 years. In recent years, Lindauer has completed specialized training in association management and executive leadership, and has skillfully shepparded the association through a rebirth in terms of membership, governance and mission. He serves as a spokesman and advocate for union contractors, and is regularly cited as an industry expert in national trade publications.
Lindauer is a member of the Joint Administrative Committee to the Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes, a trustee of Helmets to Hardhats and maintains professional membership with the American Society of Association Executives.
Lindauer earned his bachelor of arts degree in political science, with a minor in economics, from Alfred University in Alfred, New York. He also holds a master of science degree in industrial relations and human resource management from American University.
Todd Mustard
Senior Director of Member Services
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Todd Mustard is senior director of member services. He has been with the association since 2003, when he began working as manager of communications.
Prior to joining the association, Mustard spent several years with America Online, Inc., as a contracts traffic specialist and project manager in the interactive marketing department.
Mustard maintains professional membership with the American Society of Association Executives, and holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Nanette Lester
Senior Director of Administration
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Nanette Lester is the senior director of administration.
Lester oversees the financial needs of the association, including the management of accounts payable/receivable, payroll and budgets. She is also responsible for the administration of personnel records, relying on more than 24 years of professional experience to ensure the association remains in compliance with current federal and state regulations.
During her tenure, Lester has transitioned key financial and personnel functions to digital platforms, and has enhanced the accuracy, timeliness and security of such functions.
Lester maintains professional membership with the Society for Human Resource Management and the American Society of Association Executives, and has completed advanced training in financial management and human resource management.
Jason Hood
Senior Director of Industrial Relations
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Jason Hood, senior director of industrial relations, joined The Association of Union Constructors in February 2009.
Hood has extensive employee relations experience in large, domestic and multinational companies such as Wal-mart Stores and Tyson Foods.
He maintains professional memberships with the National Association of African-Americans in Human Resources, National Black MBA Association and Society for Human Resources Management.
In addition to his bachelor of arts degree in English from Wabash College, Hood also holds a juris doctor (professional doctorate in law) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master of business administration from the Millikin University Tabor School of Business.
Wayne Creasap
Director of Safety and Health
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Wayne Creasap has been director of safety and health at The Association of Union Constructors since December 2008.
Creasap came to the association after 13 years with the Construction Employers' Association, where he served as their director of safety and education. He currently holds safety certifications by OSHA, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
During his productive career, Creasap has been an OSHA outreach trainer for hundreds of safety and health classes, has worked as a liaison between OSHA and the Northeastern Ohio construction community and has helped develop numerous local safety initiatives. Creasap is a past recipient of the All-Ohio ASSE Safety Professional of the Year award.
Creasap is past president of the McKinley Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), past president of the All-Ohio ASSE, past president of the Society of Ohio Safety Engineers and is currently the treasurer of the Veterans of Safety International.
He maintains professional memberships with the American Society of Safety Engineers, National Safety Council, Veterans of Safety International and Society of Ohio Safety Engineers.
Creasap holds a bachelor of science degree, with dual majors in biology and environmental and hazardous materials management, from the University of Findlay.
Daniel Hogan
Director of Industrial Relations
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Daniel Hogan is the director of industrial relations.
Originally from Western New York, Hogan most recently held the positions of associate director with the Construction Industry Employers Association (CIEA) located in Buffalo New York, a local employers association that holds the collective bargaining agreements with the basic building trades. He also held the position of assistant executive director of the Plumbing Mechanical Contractors Association (PMCA) the local contractor employers association for the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters (UA), Construction Exchange of Buffalo and Western New York, a not-for-profit trade association of commercial contractors and construction industry professionals as well as the local Chapter Coordinator for the National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB) and the National Certified Pipe Welders Bureau (NCPWB).
Hogan also staffed SMACNA Buffalo, New York State Roofers and Sheet Metal Contractors Association, the Niagara Frontier Subcontractors Association (NFSA), and the Construction Financial Managers Association (CFMA WNY Chapter).
Hogan received a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Business Management from The Canisius College of Buffalo. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and maintains a professional membership in the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE).
Mike Dorsey
Assistant Director of Industrial Relations
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Mike Dorsey is the assistant director of industrial relations.
Hired as manager of membership in 2006, Dorsey was promoted in 2009 to assistant director of industrial relations. During his tenure, he has been tirelessly dedicated to the needs of the union contractors, labor representatives and industrial business owners who make up our network.
A Washington, D.C. native from a union Boilermaker family, Dorsey was previously the union liaison for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and, prior to that, a program manager with the Building Trade Department's safety and health arm, CPWR ? The Center for Construction Research and Training. While in college, he worked out of Elevator Constructors Local 10 as a mechanic's helper.
Dorsey maintains professional membership with the American Society of Association Executives, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing from Radford University in Virginia.
David Acord
Communications Manager
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David Acord has more than twelve years of professional experience as a business writer, editor and conference organizer and moderator. Prior to joining TAUC, he served as editor in chief of a business publishing company in Arlington, Va. where he oversaw the publication of more than a half-dozen newsletters and was actively involved in creating new information products. Over the course of his journalism career, David has covered a variety of highly technical regulatory and legislative beats, including freight transportation, biotechnology, nanotechnology and food safety. He is also the author of What Would Lincoln Do? Lincoln's Most Inspiring Solutions to Challenging Problems and Difficult Situations. David received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Arkansas Tech University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in English from Penn State.
Ben Cahoon
Administrator of Membership Services
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Ben Cahoon is administrator of membership services for The Association of Union Constructors. In this role, he serves as a first point of contact for contractor, labor and industrial business representatives on all things related to the National Maintenance Agreements.
Cahoon has been integral in streamlining the signatory process, the site extension request process and the work hours reporting process of the NMA. He has also served on the W.O.R.K. tool development team, the Craft Jurisdiction Guide development team and the Web site redesign team.
Prior to joining the association in 2006, Cahoon worked for his family's residential construction business, as well as the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Cahoon maintains affiliations with the National Honor Society, Mortar Board Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society and Golden Key International Honour Society.
Cahoon graduated Cum Laude from the University of Connecticut, earning a bachelor of arts degree in political science and history.
Gwen Jackson
Meetings & Events Manager
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Gwen Jackson is the office manager of The Association of Union Constructors. As such, she has led the way managing critical internal needs, as well as planning and executing world-class meetings and conferences.
Prior to joining the association in 1990, Jackson worked in the fields of customer relations, bookkeeping and retail sales.
Jackson maintains professional membership with the American Society of Association Executives, and is an alumna of Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she earned an associate degree in applied science, as well as general clerical and bookkeeping certificates.
Pamela Livinski
Senior Manager of Database and Information Systems
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Pamela Livinski is the senior manager of database and information systems for The Association of Union Constructors. She has been with the association since 1989, when she began working as systems information coordinator.
Livinski serves as a project manager for all things technological. She maintains the integrity of the data submitted into the association's database, including contractor, owner and union information. She also manages the integration of data between the database and Web site, and has been instrumental in planning the site redesign. She has also been involved in the ongoing improvements made to the association's internal computer software and hardware.
Livinski maintains professional membership with the American Society of Association Executives, and holds a bachelor of music degree from James Madison University.
Diane Dixon
Office Administrator
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Diane Dixon is the office administrator for The Association of Union Constructors.
As office administrator, Dixon works closely with the office manager to maintain a smooth internal office operation. She coordinates internal meetings; the distribution of written communications received or mailed out of the office, and maintains association meeting registration information in the database. She oversees the operation of the telecommunication system, directing incoming calls to the appropriate personnel, as well as handling upgrading, programming and any necessary maintenance for the system.
Before joining the association as receptionist/administrative assistant in 1999, Dixon worked in the fields of customer service, payroll, accounts payable, purchasing, public relations and data entry.
Dixon maintains professional membership with the American Society of Association Executives.
