 In 2015, Kim Bobo stepped down as executive director at IWJ in order to expand on her social justice work as the new executive director for the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy.After a brief transition period, Laura Barrett, the former executive director at Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ), took Bobo’s place as the new executive director at IWJ.IWJ has been active on a number of worker's rights and worker justice issues.