Who We Are

  • 2011-2012

    Enforcement Director, Headquarters

    Also, Acting Section Chief and Principal Deputy at the US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Educational Opportunities Section (2002-2011)

  • 1980-86, 1992-2005

    • Enforcement Director, Headquarters

    • Deputy Director, PES (policy office)

    Also, Senior Trial Attorney, US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section

  • 1973-1995

    • PRMS Director and Branch Chief, San Francisco Regional Office

    • Division Director, Boston Regional Office

    • Branch Chief, Headquarters, Program Legal Division (policy office)

  • 1987-2014

    • Senior Counsel to Assistant Secretary

    • Acting Chief of Staff

    • Litigation Coordinator

    Also, Deputy Assistant Administrator for External Civil Rights, and Director, External Civil Rights Compliance Office, U.S. EPA, 2014-2024

  • 1972-2013

    • Chief Attorney, San Francisco Regional Office

    • Attorney, Headquarters

    Also, Executive Counsel, AHEAD

  • 1993-2007, 2008-2013

    • Chief Regional Attorney, DC Regional Office

    • Supervisory Attorney, Program Legal Group

    Also, Supervisory Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  • 1973-1985

    • Supervisory Investigator, San Francisco Regional Office

    • Investigator, Denver Regional Office

    Also, Deputy Section Chief, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Federal Coordination and Compliance Section

  • 2012-2014

    Attorney, Program Legal Group, Headquarters

    Also, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (2014-2025): Trial Attorney, Disability Rights Section and Trial Attorney, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section 

  • 1992-1993 and 2001-2002

    • Director, Program Legal Group, Headquarters (policy office)

    • Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    Also:

    • Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Senior Advisor to Director Risk Management Service, Office of the Deputy Secretary, ED, 2002-2015

    • Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Equal Opportunities Section

  • 1992-2006

    Chief Attorney, Boston Regional Office

  • 1979-2021

    • Director, DC Regional Office

    • Supervisor/Branch Chief, PES and Program Legal Group (policy offices)

The OCR Alumni Collective mobilizes former ED-OCR professionals to protect students’ civil rights. We clarify the law, bring expert perspectives to decision-makers, support data-driven oversight, and champion fair, effective enforcement across K–12 and higher education.

Below is our membership roster; the years shown reflect each member’s tenure at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.