Meet Ignacio De La Fuente
Ignacio has served as International Vice President of Area 3 since 1983, when he was named by International President James E. Rankin.
He also serves as the President of the City Council in Oakland California.
Ignacio entered the trade in 1973 at Macaulay Foundry in Berkeley California, and served on the Local 164B (Oakland CA) Excecutive Board from 1996 to 1997. He was elected Business Manager for Local 164B from 1978 until July 1987, when he was hired as an International Representatative.
He attended the West Virginia Molders Institute and the Wisconsin University Molders Institute.
Ignacio has served as a delegate to the Alameda County Central Labor Council for sixteen years and Executive Board Member for eight years. He is a member of the Oakland Housing Authority, the Alameda County Economic Development Advisory Board, Board of Directors of La Raza Labor Institute, San Francisco CA and a member of the Joint Powers Authority for the Alameda County Colisium.
He and his wife, Elvia, have one son, one daughter and one grandchild.