Victoria Lipnic | |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Children | 2 sons |
Alma mater |
Allegheny College (BA) George Mason University (JD) |
Victoria A. Lipnic is an American lawyer. She has been a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) since 2010.
Lipnic was born in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, where her late father Ed Lipnic was a teacher and long-serving mayor.
Lipnic has a bachelor's degree in Political Science and History from Allegheny College and a JD degree from George Mason University School of Law.
Before joining the EEOC in 2010, Lipnic was a counsel at the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Washington, DC. She served as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards from March 22, 2002 – January 20, 2009.
In November 2016, it was speculated that Lipnic might become United States Secretary of Labor in the Trump Administration.