Over the summer, District Council 37 Executive
Director Lillian Roberts appointed new members to the Health and
Security Plan's policy-setting body.
The new trustees are Claude Fort, president of Civil Service Technical
Guild Local 375, Lenora Gates, executive vice president of Clerical-Administrative
Employees Local 1549, Shirley Revells, treasurer of Board of Education
Employees Local 372 and Shaurain Farber, treasurer of the DC 37
Retirees Association, who will be a non-voting board member.
Ms. Roberts chairs the Board of Trustees, which also includes DC
37 Associate Director Oliver Gray as vice chair and Real Estate
Employees Local 1219 President Magda de Jesus and DEP Supervisory
Employees Local 1322 President John Townsend as trustees.
The board is legally responsible for maintaining the fiscal health
of the plan. Trustees vote periodically on changes in the vast array
of benefits the plan offers. These include prescription drugs, dental,
vision, podiatry and hearing benefits as well as legal services.