Gay Henson
Secretary-Treasurer

Gay Henson was elected IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer in August 2021 at the union’s 60th Convention. Before that, Gay served on the IFPTE Executive Council as Eastern Federal Area VP since 2012, representing U.S. federal workers east of the Mississippi and focusing on the many issues facing these dedicated public servants.

Gay’s local union is the Engineering Association (EA) - IFPTE local 1937). The EA represents ~2500 white collar workers at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). She served as the EA President from 2005-2022. The EA membership includes engineers, scientist, technicians, IT professionals, program administrators and operation support specialists. TVA is the nation’s largest public power provider serving 10 million people. Her leadership of the EA has included successfully campaigning to stop the outsourcing and privatization of 220 TVA IT workers’ jobs during the pandemic by engaging community partners and labor support.

At TVA, Gay is employed in work management at the Sequoyah Nuclear Station as a Project Control Specialist. Her TVA career includes many years as a Health Physicist providing radiation protection to workers, the environment and the public.

Henson, studied at Oak Ridge Associated University (ORAU) were she received certification in Applied Health Physics. Graduating from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a BS degree, she currently resides in Chattanooga, TN with her husband Maurice.