MCAA names Vincent Sarubbi Jr. director of government relations
MCAA announced the hiring of Vincent Sarubbi Jr. as the organization's new director of government relations, effective Sept. 6, learning the ropes from John McNerney. Sarubbi Jr. comes to the MCAA after a decade of service on Capitol Hill advising members of Congress on a variety of issues directly related to MCAA members’ business interests, including health care, education/apprenticeship, labor and pension issues.
Most recently, he served as an advisor to Sen. Sherrod Brown (OH) covering multiemployer pensions and transportation/infrastructure policies, among others. During his time in Sen. Brown’s office, Sarubbi Jr. helped usher through the passage of the Butch Lewis Act (BLA), which provided $100 billion in special financial assistance (SFA) to underfunded multiemployer pension plans. These funds will help restore fiscal stability to seriously underfunded plans and relieve the pressure of withdrawal liability on contractors in those plans. The SFA program also helps alleviate the threat of large Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premium increases for all multiemployer plans that MCAA member firms sponsor jointly with the UA.