Robin Clark-Bennett serves as an educator of the University of Iowa Labor Center. She teaches classes for working Iowans on basic labor and employment rights, representation and collective bargaining skills, organizing, communications, labor-community coalitions, labor history, and the intersection of labor and immigration policy. Robin also speaks Spanish and conducts many of the Labor Center’s outreach programs with immigrant and refugee community organizations.

Paul Iversen joined the Labor Center staff as a Labor Educator in January, 2011. He teaches on a range of subjects, and has particular expertise in labor and employment law, contract administration and enforcement, labor arbitration, occupational health and safety, and building and construction trades issues (including the application of Davis-Bacon and prevailing wage statutes). In January 2025, he assumed the role of Director of the UI Labor Center.

Noel VanDenBosch is the newest addition to the team, starting in September 2024 as the secretary for the Labor Center. She handles administrative work, registration and conference logistics, and materials preparation associated with all Labor Center on-campus and off-campus programming.