Andy Stern is president of the Service Employees International Union, the nation’s largest health care union, representing more than 870,000 health care workers, including 110,000 nurses and 40,000 doctors. Stern began his union career in 1973 as a state social service worker and rank-and-file member of SEIU Local 668. He rose through the ranks to become the first elected full-time president of the local, and by 1980 was named at age 29 to the SEIU International Executive Board. Since his election to lead SEIU in April 1996, nearly 800,000 workers have united with SEIU. Stern serves on the board of directors for the AFL-CIO Housing and Building Investment Trust, the Aspen Institute, and the National Academy of Social Insurance.