AFT Vice President
Pat Santeramo has served Broward Teachers Union for many years. The membership first elected him first vice president in 1991, following years of union activism. Santeramo was then elected president of the BTU in 2001. President Santeramo represents over 12,000 members of a growing union. As the leader for the second largest union in Florida, he continually delivers outstanding contracts for BTU members and promotes initiatives that benefit public education.

Santeramo graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston and began his teaching career in New Bedford, MA.  He earned a Masters Degree from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York in 1975.

In 1978, Santeramo came to Broward County and began teaching elementary band at Walker Elementary.  He immediately became active in the union, serving on the organizing and Collective Bargaining Committee and taking part in collective bargaining elections. Continuing to teach for 17 years, he left the classroom to serve the union in a full time capacity.

As first vice president, Santeramo represented BTU in a joint labor-management Shared Decision-Making Project and Blueprint 2000. He was a member of the Labor-Management Committee and has been a member of the bargaining team for many years. He sits on the State Governance Board for the Florida Education Association. He is a member of the FEA Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Membership Development Committee, and the Legal Task Force.

In 2004, he was elected as an AFT vice president.