Cleveland, Ohio, resident, Jeffrey A. “Jeff” Scafaro is a labor relations consultant at Vanguard Consulting Group, LLC, in Cleveland, Ohio. He is also the director of employee and labor relations at LifeBridge Health, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland. A tennis enthusiast, Jeffrey A. “Jeff” Scafaro has over two decades of experience in labor relations.
Recognized for advancing strategic, ethical labor management across complex organizations, Mr. Scafaro has transitioned from a union advocate to an employer advocate. At LifeBridge Health Inc., he leads systemwide negotiations and employee relations initiatives for 13,000 staff members, driving results through trust-based leadership and operational innovation. At Vanguard Consulting Group, LLC, he advises major employers nationwide. His expertise spans collective bargaining, leadership development, and organizational change, and is anchored in integrity, transparency, and sustainable labor-management collaboration.
Previously, he worked as a senior labor relations analyst at Alameda Health System in Oakland, California. There, he transitioned key arbitration and negotiation functions in house, saving the organization over $225,000 annually and cutting arbitration backlogs by more than 75 percent. Before that, he served as vice president of the acute care division for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he negotiated over 35 collective bargaining agreements representing 25,000 health care employees.
Mr. Scafaro has also facilitated numerous leadership and professional development trainings on topics including collective bargaining, labor and employment arbitration, conflict resolution, HR policy analysis, union awareness and avoidance, and team building. His programs are known for translating complex labor relations principles into actionable strategies that strengthen organizational culture and leadership capability.