Sylvia C. Wilson

Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
10 S. Nineteenth St. at the River
Pittsburgh, PA 15203-1842
Phone: 412-431-5900
Fax: 412-431-6892
E-mail: sylvia_wilson@pft400.org

Sylvia C. Wilson is Assistant to the President of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers (PFT) and has been Secretary of the Executive Board since 1979. Representing the PFT as a delegate at American Federation of Teachers' (AFT) and Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers' (PaFT) Conventions, Ms. Wilson previously taught elementary school throughout the Pittsburgh Public School System for twenty-six years. For over twenty years, she was an active volunteer with community youth baseball and football organizations. Ms. Wilson serves on the ALCOSAN Board as the joint city-county appointee.

Education

• Peabody High School (1968)
• Carnegie Mellon University (B.A., 1972)
• University of Pittsburgh (M.Ed., 1976)

Memberships & Activities

• Progressive Caucus Activities (Internal Political Organization)
  Steering Committee Member at AFT Conventions
  Social Committee, Chairperson
  Executive Committee, 2nd Vice Chairperson
• Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers
  PaFT Executive Committee, Pittsburgh Vice-President
• Allegheny County Labor Council (ACLC)
  ACLC, Delegate
  Executive Board, Vice President
• WQED Pittsburgh, Community Advisory Board Member
• Pittsburgh Teachers' Credit Union, Board of Directors Secretary
• Carnegie Mellon University Black Alumni Association
• Pittsburgh Adult Club of the National Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., Life Member

Awards

• Kay Tillow Award: Coalition of Labor Union Women (1999)
• "Thanks to Teachers" (1990)
• "Women of Promise", Goodhousekeeping Magazine (May 1985)
• Maida Springer Labor Woman of the Year (2002)