Daniel D. Reynolds, President

• Bio: Dan Reynolds is a native of Florida, whose family roots date back to the early 1800’s.
  
  He served in the U.S. Navy as a surgical technician during the early 1970’s. After leaving the Navy, he attended the
• Accomplishments: Dan has dedicated his life to building a better community for us all. He serves on numerous boards including; Florida AFL-CIO Executive Council, National AFL-CIO President’s Advisory Council, The Broward County Housing and Finance Authority, Broward Workforce Development Board, and the Board of the Broward County United Way.
• Qualifications: Dan’s qualifications read like a novel. Dan comes to the Presidency after having served as the elected Secretary-Treasurer of the National Federation of Public & Private Employees since 1994. His work with the Federation of Public Employees began in 1985. In addition to his involvement with the Federation, he is the President of the Broward County AFL-CIO. Delegates representing over fifty local union affiliates elected him to that position in 1995.
  
  He has worked extensively with numerous unions, community, consumer and political organizations as a consultant in the areas of organizing, special projects, corporate investigation and legislative affairs. Most recently he served as the Executive Director for the Federation of Public Employees. Prior to that Dan worked for ten years as the Director of Political Action for the Broward Teachers Union.

Marilyn Swank, Secretary/Treasurer

• Bio: Marilyn Swank was born in Boston, Massachusetts where her father was a union truck driver and union bus driver. She moved to Florida when she was eight years old, where her father later became a police officer for Dade County. Her uncle, John McCormick was the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Another uncle became the Captain of Police for the City of Boston. It would be safe to say that politics and human rights were at the forefront of her life from an early age.
  
  As a teenager, Marilyn became involved with the campaign for John F. Kennedy, this was to be the first of many campaigns. She worked various jobs that were non-union, and quickly realized the many benefits that unions provide to workers.
• Accomplishments: After the birth of her children, Marilyn became involved with the PTA and Girl Scouts. She became a recruiter, leader, trainer, and ran summer camp. She was an assistant to a comptroller prior to going to work for the Broward County School Board in 1984. During this time she was active in the Civic/Homeowners Association and went on to become an elected official for two consecutive four-year terms. When her district was mandated to be annexed she wrote the bill for the legislature to protect her district before being annexed. She also helped her husband at that time to build two houses -- one of them being a two year project from the ground up. After becoming a single parent, she began working three jobs. Through all this she found time to resume her college studies. It took her sixteen years to finish her degrees. Her major at the Associate’s level was Clinical Psychology and Social Work. One of her two Bachelor ’s degrees is in Human Resources Management. She has taken classes at the Master’s level in labor relations at FIU from which she has earned a scholarship. She was a volunteer counselor for twelve years for the Broward County School Board for troubled children. She is a past member of the Florida League of Cities and a past member of Florida Government Finance Officers Association.
• Qualifications: After becoming an employee for the Broward County School Board, Marilyn became a member of the Federation of Public Employees. In 1999, she went on to become the Business Representative for the clerical employees of the School Board of Broward County. She now also represents the City of Ft. Lauderdale professionals and supervisors. She has been chipping away at the many outstanding issues that have faced the clerical employees for years. She has been instrumental in making many positive changes in the clerical contract. She also is on numerous committees that have benefited the union and its members such as the Policy Review Committee, the CAP Committee, and the Calendar Committee.
  
  Marilyn has always had a passion for what is right and has continuously fought the underdog. She never takes “no” for an answer but asks instead “Why Not?” She now finally has a place to put her passion to work for people and their rights. She had been that voice in everything she has ever done. Marilyn became the National Vice President of the Federation in 2005 and was re-elected in July of 2006 at the National Convention. Marilyn takes her position as an officer seriously. In the many committees she serves on she makes her decisions with all of the units in mind -- not just the ones she represents. Marilyn would like to see the union have more communication with its members by way of the website and move on with the newest technology to give the members the best service ever. To give our members every available advantage and to help them in any way she can is now an added passion to Marilyn’s already long list of impressive accomplishments.