The Governing Board of Presidents of the AFL-CIO’s (BCTD) on April 16 unanimously elected Sean McGarvey to be its president.  He succeeds Mark Ayers, who died suddenly on April 8 of natural causes.  McGarvey, who was serving his second five-year term as BCTD’s secretary-treasurer when elected, took office immediately. McGarvey comes from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Local 252 in Philadelphia.  A new secretary-treasurer has not yet been announced.