White House Press Release - President Obama Announces His Intent to Nominate Victoria A. Lipnic As Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Victoria A. Lipnic as Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual today:

Victoria A. Lipnic, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Victoria A. Lipnic is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Ms. Lipnic was the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards from 2002 until 2009. In addition to her work with the Department of Labor, Ms. Lipnic's experience in Washington, D.C. includes service as Workforce Policy Counsel to the Republican members of the Education and Labor Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. Before her work for Congress, Ms. Lipnic acted as in-house counsel for labor and employment matters to the U.S. Postal Service for six years. She also served as a special assistant for business liaison to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, the Honorable Malcolm Baldrige. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History from Allegheny College and a Juris Doctor degree from George Mason University School of Law.