Kevin McCaffrey is President of Teamsters Local 707 in Hempstead, New York, which represents 2,000 members in the trucking, warehousing, private ambulance, and Public Sector in the New York metropolitan area. He was first elected to office in 1995 as Secretary-Treasurer and was elected President in 2000. He is responsible for overseeing the representation of members as well as negotiating and administering contracts. Mr. McCaffrey serves as a member of the Teamsters National Master Freight Negotiating Committee. He is the Union Chairman of the Road Carriers Local 707 Welfare & Pension Funds and Teamsters Local 277 Pension Fund. Kevin has also served as the Fund Administrator for the Local 707 Funds since 2008.
Kevin was very involved in working with Senator Chuck Schumer in crafting the Special Financial Assistance to aid struggling multi-employer pension funds as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
After serving as Trustee and Deputy Mayor in the Incorporated Village of Lindenhurst, New York, for 23 years, Mr. McCaffrey was elected to the Suffolk County Legislature in 2013, which represents over 1.5 million residents. Since 2022, he has been elected to serve as Presiding Officer of the Suffolk County Legislature. He received his Certified Employee Benefit Specialist designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and the Wharton School. He has served on the Trustees and CEBS Committees and currently serves as a Voting Director on the Board of the International Foundation.
