Elizabeth Mercado

ELIZABETH MERCADO, term as member expires in March of 2021. Ms. Mercado is a Brentwood resident and is currently employed as a customer care representative for Verizon, a position she’s held for more than 20 years. Ms. Mercado also currently serves as Business Agent on the Executive board Communications Workers of America Local 1105, representing members in offices between Brooklyn and Suffolk County, she also serves on CWA’s National Women’s Committee.

As former president of the Brentwood Union Free School District Board of Education, Ms. Mercado collaborated with other trustees to establish the district’s vision and goals and oversaw an annual budget of approximately $400 million. She is a member of the Islip Town branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) and the National Association for Latino Elected Officials (NALEO). Ms. Mercado received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from SUNY College at Old Westbury and an associate of applied science degree in Business Administration from Suffolk County Community College’s Grant Campus in Brentwood.