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As a Presidential Appointee, Melissa A. Herd leads Region 3 for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), managing intergovernmental and external affairs across five states, the District of Columbia, and six Federally recognized Tribes. Prior to joining the Office of the Regional Director in 2014, she worked with the Regional External Affairs team…

Bob has had two careers: He was first a Steelworker in the early 70’s, making railroad couplers and later as a prosecutor in Pittsburgh in a bargaining unit represented by the USW. Separately, he was in the Tin Can Navy (destroyers) deploying all over the world. Now, because he has a pension, he has a…

Cass is an educator, community organizer, artist, mentor, and single mom to two, but with a family of many. Cass was a Working Families Party-endorsed candidate for Pennsylvania’s 10th House District in both 2022 and 2024.

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