Sean McGarvey

Sean McGarvey was elected President by the BCTD's Governing Board of Presidents on April 16, 2012. In 2005 he was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the BCTD and was re-elected to another 5 year term in August 2010. Mr. McGarvey was appointed a general president's representative for the IUPAT, and then Assistant to the General President. In 2000 Sean was elected general vice president at large and in May 2002 he was appointed government affairs director for the IUPAT.

He currently serves on the National Alliance for Fair Contracting, Inc. Board of Directors, the Bipartisan Policy Center National Transportation Policy Project and the US Maglev Coalition Board. In addition he is the Treasurer of The Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment, and Veterans Employment which operates Helmets to Hardhats and he also serves as trustee on numerous other labor management committees.

Mr. McGarvey attended the St. Joseph's University of Philadelphia Labor Relations program; Harvard University's Trade Union Program and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the National Labor College.