List of OFCCP DAS

Old OFCCP Seal

The Director and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OFCCP is the head of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.

List of Directors and Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Labor for OFCCP

This is a complete list of all past and present Directors and Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Labor for OFCCP. ^[a]

Deputy Assistant Secretary	Photo	Start of Term	End of Term	President(s)
Edward C Sylvester Jr. [a]		1965	1968	Lyndon Johnson
John L. Wilks [a]		1969	1972	Richard Nixon
George Holland [a]		1972	1972	Richard Nixon
Phillip J. Davis [a]		1972	1974	Richard Nixon
Lawrence Z. Lorber [a]		1974	1977	Gerald Ford
Weldon J. Rougeau [a]		1977	1981	Jimmy Carter
Ellen Shong Bergman [a] [b]		1981	1984	Ronald Reagan
Jerry Blakemore [a] [b]		1984	1987	Ronald Reagan
Fred W. Alvarez [1]		1987	1989	Ronald Reagan
Cari M. Dominguez [a] [b]		1989	1991	George H. W. Bush
Jaime Ramon [a]		1992	1993	George H. W. Bush
Shirley J. Wilcher [a] [c]		1993	2001	Bill Clinton
Charles E. James [a]		June 12, 2001	January 20, 2009	George W. Bush
Patricia A. Shiu [a]		2009	2017	Barack Obama
Ondray T. Harris [a]		2017	2018	Donald Trump
Craig E. Leen [a]		2018	January 20, 2021	Donald Trump
Jenny R. Yang [2] [3]		January 21, 2021	April 1, 2023	Joe Biden
Catherine Eschbach [4]		January 30, 2025	September 26, 2025	Donald Trump
Ashley Romanias [4]		September 26, 2025	Current	Donald Trump

Notes

1. "Directors". OFCCP.
2. Held title of Director, Office of Compliance
3. Held title of Deputy Assistant Secretary

References

1. While serving as Assistant Secretary of ESA Acting Director, Office of Compliance
2. Wiessner, Daniel (January 21, 2021). "Jenny Yang, former EEOC chair, tapped to lead DOL federal contractor watchdog" – via Reuters.
3. "Jenny Yang". OFCCP. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021.
4. Klar, Rebecca (September 26, 2025). "Facebook [Share on LinkedIn] LinkedIn [Share on X] Exclusive DOL Contractor Watchdog Director Leaving for EEOC Legal Role". Bloomberg Law.