Sarah Zimmerman is a non-profit and labor leader with over 25 years of experience in organizational development, legislative advocacy, statewide policy campaigns, and policy research. Zimmerman began her career as a research analyst at Working Partnerships USA and was also assigned to Development Director, leading fundraising for an organization with a $3 million annual budget. Zimmerman then became research director at Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000, a 95,000-member union with an annual budget of $65 million. After three years, she was promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff. During the last 13 years, she led the statewide campaign to create the first Retirement Security for All program in the country, housed within the SEIU State Council, which represents nearly 800,000 workers in California. Today, she specializes in working with companies, unions, and nonprofits in the fields of strategic planning, fundraising, research, project management, facilitation, organizational development, and curriculum development. Her research areas of expertise include but are not limited to health policy, affordable housing, racial equity, tax policy, smart growth, gender analysis, and workforce development. Zimmerman is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the New School for Social Research with two master’s degrees in economics and historical studies.