Integrated Media Coordinator
Galen Vandergriff plays an integral part of NAICU’s public affairs, communications, and marketing department where he helps implement digital, social, and traditional communications strategies and tactics to advance the mission and objectives of NAICU. Vandergriff transitioned NAICU from a traditional listserv to a modern membership engagement platform. He works closely with NAICU’s Membership and IT departments to ensure the functionality and integration of NAICU’s multitude of software platforms.
Prior to joining NAICU in 2012, Vandergriff worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for Lindquist LLP where he analyzed union collective bargaining agreements to perform Taft-Hartley audits to ensure companies were paying their union pensions and health care benefits. He managed several teams to discover more than $1.5 million in unpaid benefits. Vandergriff earned a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in Global Economics. He is fluent in Spanish and French and is a native English speaker and has visited more than 40 countries. Vandergriff is an accomplished public speaker.