McEntee began his career as a labor leader in Pennsylvania in 1958 by going to work as an organizer for his father who was an AFSCME official in Philadelphia . He was elected Executive Director at the founding convention of AFSCME Council 13 in Pennsylvania in 1973 and an International Vice President of AFSCME in 1974 . He holds a bachelor 's degree in economics from La Salle University in Philadelphia , and is a graduate of the Harvard Trade Union Program . A native of Philadelphia , McEntee and his wife Barbara live in Washington , D.C . He is a contributing writer for the '' Huffington Post '' . He is a member of the Democratic National Committee and was a " super delegate " in the Pennsylvania 2008 Democratic National Convention delegation
2008 Democratic National Convention
2008 Democratic National Convention
Gerald McEntee