Jeffrey Isaacson is President of the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council, and a fourth generation carpenter. He began his carpentry career in 1973 as a member of Local 58 in Chicago, and by 1992 he was elected the Local’s President. He worked for the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Apprentice Training Program from 1981-1996, when he joined the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters as First Vice President. In 2018, he was elected President, representing the interests of more than 52,000 union carpenters across Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Eastern Iowa.