Ron Nelson, President of AFSCME Local 749 (State Judicial), was elected as President of Council 4 in April 2024, and was recently reelected as Local 749 President. Nelson has served as a Juvenile Detention Officer with the State of Connecticut’s Division of Criminal Justice since 2007 – but he had been a union member long before his career in public service, as a carpenter for 12 years in Local 210 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.

Roberta Price officially retired this summer after 36 years as a state employee—including 11 years as President of AFSCME Local 610 (NP-3/State Administrative Clerical)—and an additional 11 years as a Council 4 staffer.

In recognition of her dedicated career, the Connecticut General Assembly honored Price with an official citation for her “faithful service” in “fighting for safe working conditions and a decent way of life for Connecticut citizens.”

Brittney Kilfeather likes a good challenge.

As a social worker for the state of Connecticut, it almost couldn’t be otherwise. Tasked with finding permanent homes for some of her community’s most vulnerable children, her job is challenging on every level: emotionally, intellectually and logistically.

But the difficult aspects of her job bring out the determination and passion that make her successful at what she does.