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Janet Selcer joined Karen Nussbaum and Ellen Cassedy to launch 9 to 5 in Boston. She is director of the Brookline (MA) School-Community Partnership.

Cheryl Schaffer was one of the three original organizers of District 925, and later served as Secretary-Treasurer and Executive Director of the union. She works as executive director for a center at Boston College.

Doreen Levasseur was one of the first organizers hired by 9 to 5, and was president of Local 925 in the Boston area. She is now a field representative for the Massachusetts Teachers’ Association.

Sue Chase was a clerical worker and union steward at Quincy City Hospital (Quincy, MA) when District 925 was elected to represent the employees. She is now a field representative for SEIU Local 888.

Andrea Gundersen was the lead organizer and regional director for District 925 in Chicago and Illinois starting in 1981. She now works as a massage therapist with veterans and other trauma survivors.

Helen Williams organized Cleveland Women Working which became part of 9 to 5, the National Association of Working Women.

Peggy Torzewski was an active member during the organizing of her library in Euclid, OHIO, and then was president of the chapter. She came on District 925 staff as a field representative, and is now an Administrative Organizer for SEIU District 1199.

Cinthia Sledz, librarian at Cuyahoga County Public Library, was a District 925 chapter president. She is now a member of the Board of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System.

Carol Sims was an employee at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio. She started working for District 925 in 1984, and is a field representative in SEIU 1199.

Carolyn Schweir was active in the organizing campaign at the University of Cincinnati. She is president of the union chapter at the university.