After twelve years working at the TWU International, with decades of experience at Local 208, COPE Director and Administrative Vice President Hubert Snead retired in April of this year. Under his leadership as COPE Director contributions to TWU COPE reached the highest amount the union has ever seen. "Hubert is a dedicated union man who has a keen sense of how to use our COPE funds to make the political system work for labor," said TWU COPE Coordinator Trish Rodican.

TWU President James C. Little added, "We wish Hubert well in his retirement, but we are sorry to see him go. We could always depend on Hubert to explain the importance of COPE to members and attract donations that he carefully allocated to promote a political agenda that favors working families."

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Snead came to the TWU in 1971 as a Bus Operator with the Central Ohio Transit Authority and member of TWU Local 208. He started representing workers as a Shop Steward in 1972 and 1973. He was subsequently elected Local Recording Secretary, Transportation Vice President and finally President of Local 208 in 1988. In that role, Hubert always reminded members and management, "A Bus is Nothing Without Us!"

During his time at Local 208, Snead came to understand the importance of politics in the everyday lives of our members. So when he joined the TWU International Staff in 1997 he started to work in the COPE department expanding TWU's COPE presence in the locals he supervised. In 2004, Snead was named Director of the Transit Division, and then became the COPE Director in early 2009.