Cari M. Dominguez (born March 8, 1949) is an American who was the 12th Chair of the U.S.

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(EEOC). She was nominated by President

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and unanimously confirmed by the

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. Her five-year term expired on July 1, 2006.

Personal life

Dominguez was born in

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, Cuba. Her father was an accountant and her mother was a hospital worker. She was the 12th chair of the EEOC and the first to have a workforce-management background. Dominguez is a

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. She and her husband, a human relations executive at

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, have two sons.

Career

Dominguez holds

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and

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degrees from the School of International Service at

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, in

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In 2003,

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conferred upon her the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanitarian Service. DouglasEEOC

During the

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, then-Labor Secretary

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recruited her for the Department of Labor. Dominguez served as Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards,

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of the

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(OFCCP) and Architect of the Labor Department's Glass Ceiling Initiative. Dominguez had worked in OFCCP as an equal opportunity specialist prior to entering the private sector in 1981. After

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took office in 1993, Dominguez ran a management consulting firm, Dominguez and Associates. She also held management positions at Spencer Stuart and Heidrick & Struggles. Dominguez was appointed in 2001 and unanimously confirmed by the

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. Her term expired on July 1, 2006. In addition to her government and corporate experience, Dominguez is also a founding member of an Adventist school, a Fellow of the Advanced Study Program in Public Management of the

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and has served on the boards of the Leadership Foundation of the

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and the Human Resources Planning Society. She is currently Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Talent and Diversity Officer of Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center. She has been a director of Manpower Inc. since 2007 and has also been a trustee of the Calvert SAGE Funds since September 2008.

Awards

*Doctor of Humanitarian Service honorary degree from

(2003) *Charles H. Best Medal for Distinguished Service in the Cause of Diabetes from the American Diabetes Association

References

External links

Interview with Cari Dominguez
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dominguez, Cari M. United States Department of Labor officials Cuban emigrants to the United States American politicians of Cuban descent American Seventh-day Adventists American University School of International Service alumni Living people Chairs of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1949 births