WIN Annual Reports July 2017 Midyear Report | Page 6

TOP LEADER PROFILE BARBARA KRAFT
Barbara Kraft is a member of WIN’s Strategy Team and chair
of the Social Action Committee at Temple Sinai. Barbara grew
up in the industrial Midwest cities of Cleveland and Detroit in a
proud union household. Barbra is keenly aware of how union
jobs provided stability for her family and community.
“There is a self-respect and sense
of identity and self-worth that
one derives from work that is
meaningful and that supports
one’s family.”
Barbara’s passion for living wage jobs led her to a career as a labor lawyer and then to begin
volunteering with WIN to help drive WIN’s DC Water Jobs Campaign. In 2015 that campaign led
to a historic agreement where DC Water committed to a goal that 51% of its new hires will be DC
residents. DC Water will also open training programs to teach DC residents Skills that DC Water
needs in its hires -- green infrastructure, commercial drivers license (CDL) training, and other
related skills.
In her spare time, Barbara enjoys life with her labor lawyer husband Peter, studies drawing and
painting at the Washington Studio School where she currently serves as president of the board of
directors, relishes her piano, and visits her rock-climbing son in Tucson and daughter who is part of a
rock band in Brooklyn. WIN is grateful that Barbara is bringing her talent and passion to our Strategy
Team and Jobs Team.
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