White House nominates Chai Feldblum, long-time GLBT rights advocate, to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
”[Probably] the most important effect of this will be when ENDA passes. The EEOC will be the agency responsible for issuing regulations for its enforcement. Having Chai there to set the framework for the initial regulatory response to ENDA is important beyond words. Mazel tov!”
Nan Hunter, professor at Georgetown Law, writing on her blog about the nomination of her long-time partner, Chai Feldblum, who was just nominated to be the first openly gay Commissioner of the EEOC. (Hunter for Justice)
Chai Feldblum is a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center where she has taught since 1991. She also founded the Law Center’s Federal Legislation and Administrative Clinic, a program designed to train students to become legislative lawyers. Feldblum previously served as Legislative Counsel to the AIDS Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. In this role, she developed legislation, analyzed policy on various AIDS-related issues, and played a leading role in the drafting of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and, later as a law professor, in the passage of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008. She has also worked on advancing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights and has been a leading expert on the Employment Nondiscrimination Act. As Co-Director of Workplace Flexibility 2010, Feldblum has worked to advance flexible workplaces in a manner that works for employees and employers. Feldblum clerked for Judge Frank Coffin and for Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.A. from Barnard College.
Bio released by the White House for Chai Feldblum, who is an out lesbian and one of her many well-known accomplishments is her work as an advocate for GLBT rights. (WhiteHouse.gov)
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