Vincent Alvarez is a member of the board of directors at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He was elected as the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO’s (NYCCLC) first full-time president in 2011, and was re-elected in 2015. He had previously served as assistant legislative director of the NYS AFL-CIO. From 2007-2009, Alvarez was assistant to the executive director and then chief of staff of the NYCCLC. He is a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) since 1990, Mr. Alvarez began his career with IBEW Local 3 in Flushing, New York, serving on numerous political campaigns, grassroots initiatives, and negotiating committees. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Oneonta, where he majored in business economics.