Ryan Stanton
Ryan Stanton is the Executive Director of the Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO the 4th largest Central Labor Council in the United States of America. The Federation is the voice for nearly 300,000 union members and their families across Nassau and Suffolk Counties, and consists of over 160 AFL-CIO local union affiliates representing a wide range of union workers.
He was instrumental in the success of the largest wastewater infrastructure expansion on Long Island in nearly fifty years. He remains an advocate for the Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act, a public policy designed to expand Suffolk County’s wastewater infrastructure to protect our drinking water, bays, estuaries, and create good union jobs along the way. It’s currently on track to go before the public for approval, and if adopted, will secure and improve the quality of life for Long Island’s working families for generations.
He has helped to increase access to affordable quality child care, supported funding for public schools and agencies, and actively advocates for a broad array of public policies that foster equitable and inclusive economic growth. He works with union leaders, elected officials, community allies, the business community and other key stakeholders to advance the needs of Long Island's working families.
Prior to joining the Long Island Federation of Labor, Ryan served as: the Executive Assistant to Steve Israel, former Congressman and Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; a field organizer for a successful multimillion dollar suburban County Executive’s race; and began his career in the Office of United States Senator Charles E. Schumer covering a ten county region in Central New York.
Ryan earned a degree in Arabic Studies from Binghamton University’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies with a minor in Economic Finance that included a study abroad at the University of Alexandria (Egypt.) Since that time, he has graduated from the Cornell University, ILR Worker Institute’s-Union Leadership Institute, as well as Molloy College’s, Energeia Partnership, an academy of regional stewardship. He is a member of the Suffolk County Workforce Development Board, and is a member of United Way of Long Island’s Board of Directors.
Ryan spends much of his personal time training for endurance sports in an effort to someday be able to run with his wife (who is much faster), thereby increasing their quality time. They currently live on Long island with their two young children and two dogs.