2020
LUCIA
GOMEZ
POLITICAL DIRECTOR
NYC CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL — AFL–CIO
Lucia Gómez has been serving as the Political Director of the NYC Central Labor Council��—
AFL–CIO. Prior to joining the NYC CLC, Gómez was the Director of Organizing and Strategic
Partnerships for LiUNA Local 78. In different capacities, her life’s work has been around empowering
workers and their communities to take action through grassroots organizing, leadership
development, and civic engagement.
Gómez has held high responsibility positions in government and non-government sectors.
She has extensive knowledge of voting and enfranchisement laws, as well as extensive experience
in election administration and electoral campaigns, geographic information systems,
decennial census, and community organizing.
Gómez graduated with a BA from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and studied anthropology
at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México. Gómez is a graduate of the Cornell
University/NYS AFL–CIO Union Leadership Institute, the Hispanic Federation/Baruch College
Leadership Institute, the Coro Immigrant Civic Leadership Program, a past Policy Fellow of
the National Institute for Latino Policy, Board member for the NYS Immigrant Action Fund,
Make the Road Action, and Align. She also serves as the Vice-President of Latinas United for
Political Empowerment Political Action Committee (LUPE PAC) in New Jersey.
SALUTE TO LABOR