Ellen Gallin Procida is the Director of Labor – Management Programs: Public Sector for Cornell University’s Scheinman Institute, ILR School.
Prior to taking on this role, Ellen taught in the New York City public school system for 20 years. She began her work for the Grievance and Arbitration Department of the United Federation of Teachers which represents close to 200,000 professionals in education and health care, after school. Ellen became a full time member of the UFT Grievance and Arbitration Department staff in 1998 and then its Director for more than 8 years before retiring as of January 1, 2019. In addition to her 30 years of arbitration advocacy and contract interpretation experience, Ellen has trained over a thousand UFT members in the art of arbitration advocacy. She was a key member of the UFT’s collective bargaining team.
Ellen teaches collective bargaining, conflict resolution, contract administration, managing in a union environment, best discipline practices, strategic grievance handling and arbitration advocacy. She is an arbitrator and mediator.