Jenny R. Yang

Jenny R. Yang is an American lawyer and public figure. She served as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) from 2012 to 2017 and as chair of the commission from 2014 to 2017.[1]

Jenny R. Yang
Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
In office
September 1, 2014 – January 25, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Preceded byJacqueline A. Berrien
Succeeded byVictoria Lipnic
Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
In office
August 2, 2012 – July 1, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Donald Trump
Personal details
Born
Jenny R. Yang
Political partyDemocratic
EducationCornell University (BA)
New York University (JD)

Early life

Yang has a bachelor's degree in Government from Allegheny College and a Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law.[1][2]

Career

Yang clerked for Edmund V. Ludwig at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.[1] Between 1998 and 2003, Yang worked as an investigating prosecutor for the Labor Litigation Section of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. In 2003, Yang joined the firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC as a partner.[3]

Member of the EEOC

Yang was appointed to a position on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency tasked with enforcing civil laws against workplace discrimination,[4] by President Barack Obama on August 2, 2012.[5] In 2014, Yang was chosen to succeed Jacqueline A. Berrien as Chair of the EEOC.[6] She was succeeded as chair by acting chair Victoria Lipnic[7] and left the commission on July 1, 2017. During Yang's time as chair, the EEOC established a Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace to address workplace sexual harassment.[8]

Career post-EEOC

Yang currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute,[9] a liberal think tank.[10] In 2020, Yang testified before the House Committee on Education and Labor,[11] where she advocated for what she describes as a "Workers’ Bill of Rights for Algorithmic Decisions" to regulate algorithmic employment decisions.

In 2019, Yang was mentioned by liberal group Demand Justice as one of their recommended Supreme Court nominees.[12]

Yang as featured speaker at the Department of Justice's 2015 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Program.

References
  1. "Presidenta Jenny R. Yang | Comisión para la Igualdad de Oportunidades en el Empleo". www.eeoc.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  2. "2019 Women's Power Summit on Law & Leadership | Jenny R. Yang". Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  3. "Featured Alumna | NYU School of Law". www.law.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  4. "Discrimination by Type | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission". www.eeoc.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  5. "Obama Nominates Jenny Yang to be New EEOC Member". Littler Mendelson P.C. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  6. "President Appoints Jenny R. Yang EEOC Chair | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission". www.eeoc.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  7. "A Message from Acting Chair Victoria A. Lipnic | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission". www.eeoc.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  8. "Jenny". Working IDEAL. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  9. "Jenny R. Yang". Urban Institute. 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  10. "Urban Institute, Leading Liberal Think Tank, Marks 20th Birthday". Los Angeles Times. 1988-06-12. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  11. Yang, Jenny (February 5, 2020). "Ensuring a Future That Advances Equity in Algorithmic Employment Decisions" (PDF).
  12. "Demand Justice - Demand Justice Releases Supreme Court Shortlist of Diverse, Progressive Lawyers". Demand Justice. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
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