Andrea R. Lucas | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2020 | |
Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
Acting | |
Assumed office January 20, 2025 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Charlotte Burrows |
Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
Assumed office October 19,2020 | |
President |
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Preceded by | Victoria Lipnic |
Personal details | |
Born | Andrea Ruth Lucas |
Political party | Republican |
Education | |
Andrea Ruth Lucas is an American lawyer, currently serving as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She was appointed as the commission's acting chair by Donald Trump in 2025. Lucas is a vocal opponent of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, believing that they motivate reverse discrimination. She has also criticized the application of federal civil rights protections to transgender individuals. [1]