Susan Panepento was appointed as Chair of the Board and Director of the Office of Collective Bargaining on March 1, 2015. She has served on the Board of and been an active participant in the Association of Labor Relations Agencies and is its 2019-20 President-elect. She is also a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. For ten years prior to her appointment as Chair, Ms. Panepento served as OCB’s Deputy Chair for Dispute Resolution functioning as the principal mediator of disputes and overseeing the arbitration process administered by the agency. She joined OCB's staff in 2001 as the Director of Representation. Ms. Panepento is a graduate of Cornell University - NYS School of Industrial and Labor Relations and Brooklyn Law School. Prior to joining OCB, Ms. Panepento practiced with the law firm Cohen, Weiss and Simon in New York City and served as a Field Examiner and Attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in Brooklyn, New York.

For the last twenty-three years Mr. Viani has been a full-time Arbitrator and Mediator. He was formerly the Deputy Chair for Dispute Resolution at the Office of Collective Bargaining, serving as the principal mediator of disputes and overseeing the arbitration process administered by the agency (1986-1992). He has over 45 years’ experience in collective bargaining, arbitration, mediation, and fact-finding, and was the Director of Research and Negotiations for District Council 37, AFSCME (1971-1985) and President of Social Services Local 371, AFSCME (1964-1968).

M. David Zurndorfer is a partner in the Labor and Employment Department at Proskauer Rose LLP, where he has represented the City's Office of Labor Relations in numerous matters. He is a graduate of Penn State University and Harvard Law School. In addition to serving as a member of the Board of Collective Bargaining, he is a member of the Board of Learning Leaders and a past member of the Labor and Municipal Affairs Committees of the City Bar Association.

Pamela Silverblatt is the Vice Chancellor for Labor Relations at the City University of New York; the nation's largest urban public university. Prior to joining the City University, Ms. Silverblatt served as the First Deputy Commissioner in the Mayor's Office of Labor Relations in both Mayor Bloomberg's and Giuliani's administrations. Ms. Silverblatt's labor relations and collective bargaining experience is extensive and varied, including higher education, education, healthcare, and all facets of municipal public sector services. During her career, Ms. Silverblatt has represented both unions and management.

Alan Klinger is a partner at Steptoe LLP. As Chair of the Labor Group, he leads the firm's representation of public sector unions and employee benefits funds. Before joining Steptoe, Alan was the long-time Co-Managing Partner of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP prior to that firm’s closing. Alan provides outside counsel to, among others, the United Federation of Teachers, the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association, District Council 37, the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators, CWA Local 1180, and New York City Employees Union Local 237 Funds. He also regularly represents the New York City Municipal Labor Committee (MLC), a consortium of the City's municipal unions, in major litigation and amici curiae filings. He is a graduate of Princeton University and New York University School of Law. Alan currently serves on the Board of the NYU School of Law and the NYU Labor & Employment Center. He also is Board Chair of the Anti-Defamation League’s New York/New Jersey Region and a member of its National Commission along with serving on the Board of Directors of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Jeffrey L. Kreisberg is a partner in the firm of Kreisberg Maitland Mendelberg & O'Hearn, LLP, where he has represented clients in labor and employment matters since 1987. He has specialized in the areas of public and private sector union organization, unfair labor practice, and employment discrimination, cases. Mr. Kreisberg is a graduate of Drew University and the American University, Washington College of Law.

Carole O'Blenes was an optional service partner in the Labor and Employment Department at Proskauer Rose LLP, where she represented the City's Office of Labor Relations in a number of matters. She has also represented public and private employers in collective bargaining, arbitration and administrative proceedings, as well as employment litigation before the federal Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. O'Blenes is a graduate of Boston College and Harvard Law School. She has been a frequent speaker on labor and employment matters and was a member of the adjunct faculty of The Labor Relations Studies Program of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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Susan Panepento was appointed as Chair of the Board and Director of the Office of Collective Bargaining on March 1, 2015. She has served on the Board of and been an active participant in the Association of Labor Relations Agencies and is its 2019-20 President-elect. She is also a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. For ten years prior to her appointment as Chair, Ms. Panepento served as OCB’s Deputy Chair for Dispute Resolution functioning as the principal mediator of disputes and overseeing the arbitration process administered by the agency. She joined OCB's staff in 2001 as the Director of Representation. Ms. Panepento is a graduate of Cornell University - NYS School of Industrial and Labor Relations and Brooklyn Law School. Prior to joining OCB, Ms. Panepento practiced with the law firm Cohen, Weiss and Simon in New York City and served as a Field Examiner and Attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in Brooklyn, New York.

For the last twenty-three years Mr. Viani has been a full-time Arbitrator and Mediator. He was formerly the Deputy Chair for Dispute Resolution at the Office of Collective Bargaining, serving as the principal mediator of disputes and overseeing the arbitration process administered by the agency (1986-1992). He has over 45 years’ experience in collective bargaining, arbitration, mediation, and fact-finding, and was the Director of Research and Negotiations for District Council 37, AFSCME (1971-1985) and President of Social Services Local 371, AFSCME (1964-1968).

M. David Zurndorfer is a partner in the Labor and Employment Department at Proskauer Rose LLP, where he has represented the City's Office of Labor Relations in numerous matters. He is a graduate of Penn State University and Harvard Law School. In addition to serving as a member of the Board of Collective Bargaining, he is a member of the Board of Learning Leaders and a past member of the Labor and Municipal Affairs Committees of the City Bar Association.

Pamela Silverblatt is the Vice Chancellor for Labor Relations at the City University of New York; the nation's largest urban public university. Prior to joining the City University, Ms. Silverblatt served as the First Deputy Commissioner in the Mayor's Office of Labor Relations in both Mayor Bloomberg's and Giuliani's administrations. Ms. Silverblatt's labor relations and collective bargaining experience is extensive and varied, including higher education, education, healthcare, and all facets of municipal public sector services. During her career, Ms. Silverblatt has represented both unions and management.

Alan Klinger is a partner at Steptoe LLP. As Chair of the Labor Group, he leads the firm's representation of public sector unions and employee benefits funds. Before joining Steptoe, Alan was the long-time Co-Managing Partner of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP prior to that firm’s closing. Alan provides outside counsel to, among others, the United Federation of Teachers, the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association, District Council 37, the Council of School Supervisors & Administrators, CWA Local 1180, and New York City Employees Union Local 237 Funds. He also regularly represents the New York City Municipal Labor Committee (MLC), a consortium of the City's municipal unions, in major litigation and amici curiae filings. He is a graduate of Princeton University and New York University School of Law. Alan currently serves on the Board of the NYU School of Law and the NYU Labor & Employment Center. He also is Board Chair of the Anti-Defamation League’s New York/New Jersey Region and a member of its National Commission along with serving on the Board of Directors of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Jeffrey L. Kreisberg is a partner in the firm of Kreisberg Maitland Mendelberg & O'Hearn, LLP, where he has represented clients in labor and employment matters since 1987. He has specialized in the areas of public and private sector union organization, unfair labor practice, and employment discrimination, cases. Mr. Kreisberg is a graduate of Drew University and the American University, Washington College of Law.

Carole O'Blenes was an optional service partner in the Labor and Employment Department at Proskauer Rose LLP, where she represented the City's Office of Labor Relations in a number of matters. She has also represented public and private employers in collective bargaining, arbitration and administrative proceedings, as well as employment litigation before the federal Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. O'Blenes is a graduate of Boston College and Harvard Law School. She has been a frequent speaker on labor and employment matters and was a member of the adjunct faculty of The Labor Relations Studies Program of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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