Colleen Maples Named Regional Director for Region 25-Indianapolis
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Today, General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo announced the appointment of Colleen Maples as the Regional Director of the NLRB Region 25-Indianapolis office. With a Regional Office in Indianapolis, Indiana, Region 25 is responsible for conducting elections, investigating unfair labor practice charges, and protecting the right of workers to act collectively to improve their wages and working conditions in parts of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Kentucky.
“Colleen is an exemplary public servant with a strong commitment to the National Labor Relations Act,” said General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. “I am certain that she will use her considerable talents and expertise in this new leadership role and will strive to fully effectuate the Act and faithfully serve the public every day.”
A native of the Chicago area, Mrs. Maples holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations degree from the University’s School of Labor and Employment Relations. She began her career with the NLRB as a Student Co-op in the Peoria field office and later joined the Indianapolis field office as a Field Examiner in 2000. She was later promoted to Supervisory Field Examiner in 2011. Since 2016, she has served as Assistant to the Regional Director of Region 25.
Established in 1935, the National Labor Relations Board is an independent federal agency that protects employees from unfair labor practices and protects the right of private sector employees to join together, with or without a union, to improve wages, benefits and working conditions. The NLRB conducts hundreds of workplace elections and investigates thousands of unfair labor practice charges each year.