Leveraging Technology and Partnerships for Industry Advancement
Wednesday, February 18 | 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Discover how one local partnership has forged a successful partnership to harness data mining and information technology for strategic political engagement. This session will explore how collaborative leadership, and a shared vision can drive innovation in labor-management relations and advocacy. Participants will gain a practical framework for implementing technology-driven initiatives to elevate their industry’s visibility and influence. Learn how to build effective alliances and leverage data to shape policy, engage regulatory officials, and create new opportunities for growth and advancement.
Speakers:
Alan Seidman
SMACNA SENY
Alan Seidman is a prominent figure in the Hudson Valley’s construction industry and a dedicated community leader. Currently, he holds several executive directorships: executive director of the Construction Contractors’ Association of the Hudson Valley since 2009; executive director of Fabricators, Erectors and Reinforcing Contractors of HV since 2010; and executive vice president of SMACNA Southeastern NY Chapter since 2016. He is recognized as one of the region’s major players in the construction industry.
Seidman served in the Orange County Legislature for 20 years, acting as its chair for four of them. During that time, he helped establish a countywide 911 and was instrumental in facilitating the plans for SUNY Orange’s expansion into the City of Newburgh.
Stacey Yuden
NEP Services
As CEO of NEP Services, Stacey Yudin has spent over a decade redefining how unions, associations, and nonprofits engage their members and communities. Under her leadership, NEP has become a trusted partner for mission-driven organizations—delivering technology and strategy that unite people, strengthen advocacy, and drive measurable results.
At the heart of NEP’s success is Connect Plus+, a platform Stacey helped conceptualize and bring to life. Designed as a virtual office and engagement hub, Connect Plus+ combines advanced data management with seamless communication, giving leaders real-time power to connect with members, committees, and communities from anywhere.
Under her guidance, NEP has partnered with 800 leading organizations including IBEW locals, public safety associations, and national nonprofits, representing 850,000 members—helping them modernize their communications, strengthen branding, and win the battles that matter most.
“Technology alone doesn’t solve problems,” Yudin says. “It’s about understanding people—and building tools that help them connect more effectively.” She also drives innovation and change at the heart of every conversation, “It is essential that we innovate or die.”
Her philosophy blends empathy, innovation, and execution. She believes that data-driven communication is the new frontier of member engagement—and that every organization has a story powerful enough to mobilize change.
A self-described “techno-optimist,” Yudin envisions a future where technology empowers, not intimidates. “Human creativity and technology should work together to create clarity out of complexity,” she notes. “That’s how we turn disconnection into unity—and unity into strength.”
NEP’s culture reflects her leadership style: collaborative, curious, and fiercely client-focused. Yudin fosters a bottom-up innovation model where ideas are encouraged from every level of the organization. “When people are free to try, fail, and succeed,” she says, “you create an unstoppable culture of progress.”
Stacey Yudin’s legacy at NEP is rooted in one mission: to help organizations tell their stories, mobilize their people, and win their future.
Mark Treglio
NEP Services
Mark Treglio is the President of NEP Services, a tech and communications company that provides power building technology to unions to strengthen member engagement, enhance their brand in the community, and increase their political power.
As a Lieutenant/Paramedic with the Jacksonville (FL) Fire-Rescue Department, Mark worked as the director of communications for his local and state level unions. During the Great Recession, he was successful in developing and implementing a communications campaign to fend off an all-out assault on the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund by numerous politicians and ultra conservative think tanks.
After the successful defense of the Pension Fund led Mark served as the Assistant to the General President for Media, Strategic Campaigns, and Organizing at the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) in Washington D.C. While at the IAFF, Mark revamped the way fire fighters communicate with the public, implementing digital targeting techniques and enhanced social media tactics into everyday local union communications. He created the IAFF’s Communications Training Academy, a program that turned members into communications directors serving on the ground in local affiliates, and oversaw the International’s Southern Strategic Organizing Initiative, which saw union membership grow by 52% in the states of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina .
Mark and his wife Debi now reside in the Las Vegas valley. They have three adult children. A New York native, he is a die-hard fan of the New York Yankees and a long suffering fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Mike Columbo
SMART Local Union 38
Michael Colombo has been a member and/or officer of SMART SHEET METAL WORKERS’ LOCAL UNION 38 for over 31 years. Michael joined Local 38 in 1994 under the Apprenticeship Program and graduated to Commercial Journeyman, after successfully completing the 4 year program.
Michael is presently the President and Business Manager of Local Union 38 based out of Brewster, New York. The Local encompasses 9 Counties which include Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster in New York, and Fairfield and Litchfield Counties in Connecticut.
He previously served on Local 38’s Executive Board, was appointed an Organizer and then elected Business Agent for Fairfield & Litchfield Counties in Connecticut and Westchester County in New York. During his term in each of these positions, he gained the respect of both members and contractors and was able to secure several new signatory contractors for Local 38.
He serves as Trustee on Local 38’s Insurance and Welfare Fund, Labor Management Trust Fund, Craft Training Fund, as well as E-Board Member of The Connecticut State Building Trades and the Westchester-Putnam Building Trades. He worked with Local 38’s Lobbyist to draft language to the State of Connecticut to regarding off-site fabrication on public projects and this language has been shared with other states that are working to get this bill passed.
Michael has demonstrated professional and strong leadership skills to both the members of Local 38, the contractors that are signatory to the Local, and his staff at the Union Office.