Liz Shuler

Elizabeth "Liz" H. Shuler is an American labor activist and president of the AFL–CIO. She is the first woman to be elected president of the federation. She previously served as the federation's secretary-treasurer; she was the first woman and, as of 2009, the youngest person to hold that position. She is the highest-ranking woman in the labor federation's history. The period from her election until the retirement of Arlene Holt Baker in 2013 marked the first time that women held two of the three officer positions in the AFL–CIO.