President/Business Agent Denis Taylor
Denis served six years in the U.S. Army, before becoming a member of Local 355 in 1979 while employed as a driver at United Parcel Service. In 1982, he was elected by his coworkers as shop steward. He was Sergeant-at-Arms for Local 355 in 1983, and Recording Secretary for the Local in 1988. In 1991, Denis became a Local Union business agent. He was subsequently elected President and Principal Officer in 1994, a position he has held since.
Local 355 Pension Fund Trustee: 2006-Present Teamsters National 401k Plan Trustee: 2017-2022 Teamsters National UPS 401k Plan Trustee: 2017-2022 President Teamsters Joint Council #62: 1998-Present Teamsters International Representative: 2000-2016 Teamsters Trade Show & Convention Center Division Director: 2010-2017 Teamsters International Trustee: 2016-2022 Teamsters UPS National Negotiating Committee: 2002, 2007, 2013, 2018 UPS Atlantic Area Negotiating Committee: 1993-2017 Teamsters Package Division Director: 2017-2022
Contact Denis at 410-566-5700 , Ext. 111
Secretary-Treasurer/Business Agent David White
In 1994, Dave was elected Local 355 Secretary-Treasurer, a position he holds today.
Local 355 Health & Welfare Fund Labor Trustee: Chairman 1994-Present Local 355 Pension Fund Labor Trustee: 1994-Present Local 355 Legal Fund Labor Trustee: 1994-Present Eastern Shore Teamsters Pension Fund Labor Trustee: 1998-Present
Contact Dave at 410-566-5700 , Ext. 124
Vice President/Business Agent Bill Alexander
Bill joined the Teamsters Union in 1973 while employed as a driver for Anchor Motor Freight. He was elected in 1986 shop steward by his coworkers at New Penn, serving in that capacity until 1997, when he was elected vice president of Teamsters Local 557. Bill was elected president of Local 557 in 2002 and served until Local 557 merged with Local 355 in 2005, at which time he became Local 355's recording secretary. In December 2015, the Local Executive Board appointed Bill to the office of vice president upon the retirement of Vice President Ervin Williams. Additional career highlights include:
Member, Maryland-D.C. Supplemental Negotiating Committee: 2002-Present Member, National Master Automobile Transporters Negotiating Committee: 2007-Present Eastern Area Supplemental Negotiating Committee: 2002-Present Teamsters Local 557 Pension Fund Labor Trustee , Chairman: 2002 - Present
Bill represents members in Freight and Car Haul at the following companies:
Freight Carhaul Auto Warehousing Co., Inc.
Contact Bill at 410-566-5700, Ext. 110
Recording Secretary/Business Agent Mark Garey
Mark represents members in the Freight, Small Package, Car Rental, and Airport Services Industries at the following companies:
TForce Freight
Contact Mark at Local 355: 410-566-5700 , Ext. 114, or his cell: 443-631-1415
Trustee/UPS Janet Genovese
Janet joined Teamsters 355 when she started working at UPS part-time as a driver's helper. She was elected shop steward in 1997 and, with the exception of one term, has been a shop steward since. In 2001, she became a full-time UPS employee working in the warehouse.
Trustee/Sysco Chris Greene
Chris first became a union member in the 1970s when he joined Cement Masons' Local 43 in Baltimore, Md. He joined Local 355 in 1987 when he went to work for B. Green Wholesale, also in Baltimore. In 1993, Chris signed on as a driver for foods distributor, Sysco Baltimore, Jessup, Md., and has been a shop steward since 2001.
Trustee Dale Pink
Business Agent Chip Elgert
While employed as a helper at The Kronheim Company, Lloyd "Chip" Elgert joined Local 355 in 1966 and served on the negotiation committee there in 1970. Chip went on to become a driver and shop steward for Liquid Carbonic Corporation from 1970-1997. Chip became Local 355 Sargeant at Arms in 1990, serving in that capacity until 1997, when he became a Local 355 business agent.
Dry Ice Corp. Penske Truck Leasing Baker's Express Sunoco Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) Movie Industry
Contact Chip at the Local, 410-566-5700, Ext. 113, or on his cell, 443-794-5450
Business Agent John Caparatta
John originally joined the Teamsters Union in 1986 and became a member of Local 355 in 1990 while employed as a driver for Burris Foods. In 1993, he signed on as a shop steward and served in that capacity until he joined the Local 355 staff as a business agent in 1999.
Harrington Logistics
Contact John at 410-566-5700, Ext. 150
Business Agent Marcus Smith
Marcus became a member of Local 355 in 1984 while employed as a warehouseman for B. Green & Co. The following year, he was elected warehouse shop steward. In 1993, when Marcus began work for Mountainside Transportation, he signed on as a dockmen/loader shop steward, then in 1995, went on to be a warehouse shop steward at Sysco Food Service. In 1999, Marcus became a business agent for Local 355, a position he holds today.
Anne Arundel County Fire Battalion Chiefs
Contact Marcus at Local 355, 410-566-5700 Ext. 115
Business Agent Eric Wood
Eric represents members at the following locations:
UPS Baltimore Feeders
UPS Easton
UPS Salisbury
UPS Harrington
Contact Eric at the Local, 410-566-5700 Ext. 112, or on his cell, 443-851-7237
Organizer/Business Agent Ed Mulford III
Ed joined Local 355 in 1991 when he signed on as a driver at Sysco. In 1994, he went to work for U.S. Foodservice and was elected shop steward in 1997. In 2006 served as an alternate delegate to the 2006 IBT Convention in Las Vegas. Appointed to the local executive board as a trustee, Ed was elected to the position in 2008. In May 2015, Ed joined the Local 355 staff.
Horseshoe Casino Westway Feed
Contact Ed at 410-566-5700, Ext. 126
Business Agent Mike Petro
Mike Petro began working for UPS in the Preload Dept. at the Quad Avenue facility in 1990, became a full-time driver in 1994, and was elected shop steward in 2006. He served as an alternate delegate at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Convention in 2011. Mike joined the Local 355 staff as a business agent in 2016.
Mike represents members at
UPS Aberdeen
Contact Mike at 410-566-5700, Ext. 127
Business Agent John Moylan
Baltimore Sun driver and, the following year, also signed on with DHL as a part-timer.
*Sergeant at Arms 1997-2018
John represents members at:
Capital Carbonic
Contact John at Local 355: 41o-566-5700, Ext. 128
Business Agent Timothy Marvel
Tim is a fifth-generation trade unionist who joined Local 355 in 1991 as a part-timer for UPS while attending Towson State University. After graduating, he chose to go full-time with UPS as a package car driver. He became a shop steward in 2003, working under the tutelage of former trustee Don Riley. He was elected Local 355 Trustee in 2008.
Tim represents employees at
UPS Hunt Valley
Contact Tim at 410-566-5700, Ext. 123
Business Agent Scott Chismar
In 1983, Scott was 16 years old and working at Safeway when he got his first union card with the United Food and Commercial Workers. He wasted no time jumping into labor activism: Scott became a shop steward and signed up for UFCW’s volunteer organizing program, where he learned how to bring other workers into the union.
Committed to his passion for the labor movement, Scott received a degree in labor relations at the University of Maryland. He worked for the AFL-CIO, assigned to organizing drives and contract negotiations for units of various sizes and crafts across the country. In 1993, Scott went to work as organizing director for a Teamsters Local in New York, where he helped grow the local union through organizing, mergers, and affiliations in the private and public sectors. He returned to Maryland in 2014 when he accepted an offer from the Teamsters to join its D.C. Headquarters staff, assisting locals around the country with their organizing campaigns and contract negotiations. In 2022, he transitioned from the Teamsters Headquarters and joined the Local 355 team.
Scott represents members employed at:
Avis Budget Group Hertz Car Rental
Contact Scott at Local 355, 410-566-5700 , Ext. 122, or on his cell, 716-913-1636
Office Manager Gina Brown
Gina is the administrative assistant to the principal officer and manages the day-to-day operations of the Local.
Contact Gina at 410-566-5700 Ext. 125
Administrative Support/ Baltimore Bonnie Hall
Bonnie is a Titan system operator handling membership and dues administration at the Baltimore office.
Contact Bonnie at 410-566-5700
Administrative Support/ Baltimore Jessica Taylor
Jessica is a Titan system operator handling membership and dues administration at the Baltimore office.
Contact Jessica at 410-566-5700
Credit Union Manager Rose Queen
Rose manages Local 355's Maryland Federal Credit Union in Baltimore.
Contact Rose at 410-566-5700
