Cari Dominguez is nationally recognized for her expertise in public policymaking, workforce issues and corporate governance. 

A former Chair of the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she also served at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in roles including Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards and Labor Management, and Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.  She created and led DOL’s Glass Ceiling Initiative, designed to remove from the workplace invisible barriers affecting the advancement of women and underrepresented groups.  

Dominguez served as lead director of Triple-S Management Corporation, the exclusive BlueCross BlueShield managed healthcare company in Puerto Rico. She has also served on the boards of Manpower Group, a global workforce solutions company; The Calvert Funds, a mutual funds company that offers socially responsible investments; and Circa, a private equity-owned company that operated recruitment portals.       

She is principal of Dominguez & Associates, a consulting firm providing services in human capital management and governance.  Her corporate experience includes various senior human resources positions at Bank of America and Loma Linda University Health.  She was also a partner at two international search firms.

Dominguez has served on numerous nonprofit boards, including the national board of NACD, where she also led its Center for Inclusive Governance until 2024.  She is a faculty member of NACD’s Board Advisory Services, teaching and providing governance guidance to corporate boards. She is a former President of the International Women’s Forum of Washington, D.C., and a founding member of the Latino Corporate Directors Association. 

Dominguez has received numerous awards and national recognition for her global efforts to promote workforce development and inclusive leadership. Hispanic Business magazine has recognized her as one of the “80 Elite Hispanic Women” and one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics in the Country.” She was selected as one of WomenInc’s 2018 Most Influential Corporate Board Directors. 

A published author, she holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from American University, in Washington, D.C.  She is also a Fellow of the Advanced Study Program in Public Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an NACD Board Leadership Fellow.  Dominguez was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanitarian Service by Loma Linda University.  She is currently pursuing another Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Craig is a partner at K&L Gates in DC and co-leader of the OFCCP & Affirmative Action Compliance area. Craig was OFCCP Director from 2018-21. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington, where he teaches Government Lawyering, Disability Rights Law, and Local Government Law. He serves as Chair of the Bar Association of DC’s Civil and Human Rights Committee, Vice Chair of the DC Advisory Committee to the USCCR, and as a member of numerous other boards and committees, including for Disability: IN DC Metro, Disability Belongs, and Eightfold. He is a member of the NILG Advisory Council. Craig is also a disability inclusion and accessibility advocate. 

Victoria A. Lipnic is a Partner at Resolution Economics. She leads the company’s Human Capital Strategy Group. The Human Capital Strategy Group combines the company’s expertise in data analytics and deep knowledge of regulatory requirements with an interdisciplinary approach to advise organizations on the full range of their human capital needs and reporting requirements including recruitment, selection, promotions, DEI&A, pay equity, and overall talent allocation. She advises firms on EEO compliance, workplace best practices and serves as an expert witness on such matters. 

Prior to joining the company she served two terms at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as Commissioner from 2010 to 2020. She headed the EEOC as Acting Chair from 2017 to 2019.  She was appointed to the EEOC by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She was named Acting Chair by President Donald J. Trump. At the EEOC she worked on policy, cases, and regulations under all of the statutes enforced by the Commission including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Equal Pay Act (EPA), the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). While at the EEOC she participated in numerous agency regulatory initiatives including the final GINA regulations, the ADA, as amended, regulations, and the revisions to the EEO-1 form to include pay data reporting and the use of arrest and conviction records in employment. She organized the agency’s first public meeting on Big Data in Employment, created its Chief Data Officer position, oversaw development of the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics and published a significant report on age discrimination. She co-chaired the EEOC’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace, and co-authored its seminal report, issued in 2016, before the beginning of the #MeToo movement. 

Prior to joining the EEOC, she practiced law with Seyfarth Shaw, LLP. She also served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards from 2002 to January 2009, a position she was appointed to by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. At the Department of Labor she oversaw regulatory development and enforcement for the Wage and Hour Division, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the Office of Labor Management Standards and four national workers’ compensation programs. This included oversight and enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Executive Order 11246 and the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act. 

Ahmed Younies is responsible for setting the overall corporate strategy for HR Unlimited Inc. (HRU) and directing business operations. Prior to joining HRU, Ahmed served as the District Director of an agency of the Department of Labor. Ahmed has also served seven years with the Employers Group (EG), the largest non-profit employers association nationwide. In addition, he’s worked in HR managements in a variety of industries at companies such as Textron, Rogerson Aircraft, and TRW (now Northrop Grumman).

Jenny R. Yang is a partner in Outten & Golden’s Washington D.C. office, where she represents employees in individual, class and collective actions. Jenny is also a member of the firm’s government representation practice, which advises state and local governments in employment enforcement actions.  

Throughout her career in public and private service, Jenny has fearlessly advocated for equal opportunity and strong civil rights protections for all workers. Prior to joining the firm, Jenny served as President Biden’s Deputy Assistant for Racial Justice and Equity, where she helped craft national policies on democracy, voting rights, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, and economic mobility. She also served as the Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in the U.S. Department of Labor, where she led the enforcement of equal opportunity requirements for federal contractors.

Prior to that, Jenny was appointed by President Obama to serve as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), unanimously confirmed by the Senate in May 2013, and subsequently sworn in as EEOC Chair in September 2014. In addition to her federal leadership roles, Jenny has worked as a civil rights attorney, policymaker, and strategic advisor across the public and private sectors, including a decade representing workers in civil rights and wage and hour class actions in private practice, and for five years as a senior trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. Jenny currently serves as an Executive Fellow in Applied Technology at U.C. Berkeley, where she engages with technology leaders to ensure that rapidly evolving AI-driven employment systems comply with our civil rights laws.