Cari M. Dominguez
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Cari M. Dominguez was the United States
United States
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's 12th Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is an independent federal law enforcement agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination. The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, perceived intelligence,...

 (EEOC). She was nominated by President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
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 and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Her five-year term expired on July 1, 2006.

Personal life

Dominguez was born in Havana, 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 Seventh-day Adventist
Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

 . She and her husband, a human relations executive at American Express
American Express
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, have two sons.

Career

Dominguez holds B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
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 and M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
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 degrees from the School of International Service at American University
American University
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, in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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 In 2003, Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda University is a Seventh-day Adventist coeducational health sciences university located in Loma Linda, California, United States. The University comprises eight schools and the Faculty of Graduate Studies...

 conferred upon her the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanitarian Service.
During the George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
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 administration, then-Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole
Elizabeth Dole
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 recruited her for the Department of Labor. Dominguez served as Assistant Secretary for Employment Standards, Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
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 (OFCCP) and Architect of the Labor Department’s Glass Ceiling Initiative. Ms. Dominguez had worked in OFCCP as an equal opportunity specialist prior to entering the private sector in 1981. After Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
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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 United States Senate
United States Senate
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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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

 and has served on the boards of the Leadership Foundation of the International Women's Forum and the Human Resources Planning Society.

She is currently the director of Manpower Inc.
Manpower Inc.
ManpowerGroup is a workforce solutions and services provider company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was established by Elmer Winter and Aaron Scheinfeld in 1948. It was acquired by Blue Arrow of Britain in 1987, but became independent again in 1991.The directors include...

 since 2007 and has also been a trustee the Calvert SAGE Funds since September of 2008.

Awards

  • Doctor of Humanitarian Service honorary degree from Loma Linda University
    Loma Linda University
    Loma Linda University is a Seventh-day Adventist coeducational health sciences university located in Loma Linda, California, United States. The University comprises eight schools and the Faculty of Graduate Studies...

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

External links


http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/8-6-01.cfm
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