List of Department of Labor appointments by Donald Trump

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Appointments

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Secretary of Labor

Eugene Scalia[1]
September 30, 2019
(Confirmed September 26, 2019, 53–44)[2]

Patrick Pizzella[3]
July 20, 2019September 30, 2019

Deputy Secretary of Labor
April 17, 2018
(Confirmed April 12, 2018, 50–48)[4]

Solicitor of Labor

Kate S. O'Scannlain
January 2, 2018
(Confirmed December 21, 2017, voice vote)

Chief Financial Officer of Labor

James E. Williams[5]
May 18, 2018
(Confirmed March 22, 2018, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of Labor (Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs)

Vacant

Assistant Secretary of Labor (Disability Employment Policy)

Vacant

Assistant Secretary of Labor
(Employee Benefits)

Preston Rutledge
January 18, 2018
(Confirmed December 21, 2017, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of Labor
(Employment and Training)

John Pallasch[6]
July 24, 2019
(Confirmed July 11, 2019, 54–39)[7]

Assistant Secretary of Labor
(Mine Safety and Health)

David Zatezalo
November 30, 2017
(Confirmed November 15, 2017, 52–46)[8]

Assistant Secretary of Labor (Occupational Safety and Health)

Vacant

Assistant Secretary of Labor
(Policy)
Vacant

Assistant Secretary of Labor
(Veterans' Employment and Training)

John Lowry III[9]
January 6, 2020
(Confirmed November 21, 2019, voice vote)

Assistant Secretary of Labor
(Administration and Management)

G. Bryan Slater[10]
October 2017
(Appointed September 12, 2017)

Assistant Secretary of Labor
(Public Affairs)

Jeffrey Y. Grappone
August 2017
(Appointed August 22, 2017)
Bureau of Labor Statistics

Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

William Beach[11]
March 28, 2019
(Confirmed March 13, 2019, 55–44)[12]
Wage and Hour Division

Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division

Cheryl Marie Stanton[13]
April 29, 2019
(Confirmed April 10, 2019, 53–45)[14]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Gordon Hartogensis[15]
May 15, 2019
(Confirmed April 30, 2019, 72–27)[16]

Previous officeholders

OfficeNameTook officeLeft officeNotes

Secretary of Labor

Edward C. Hugler
January 20, 2017April 28, 2017

Alexander Acosta
April 28, 2017July 19, 2019Resigned due to controversy over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case when he was a U.S. Attorney in Florida in 2008.

Patrick Pizzella
July 20, 2019September 30, 2019Deputy Secretary Pizzella was Acting Secretary until the swearing-in of Eugene Scalia.

Assistant Secretary of Labor
(Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs)
Katherine Brunett McGuireJanuary 2, 2018January 25, 2019

Labor Department Inspector General

Scott Dahl
October 16, 2013June 21, 2020[17]

References