Jocelyn Samuels
Jocelyn Samuels | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Vice Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
| In office January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Keith Sonderling |
| Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
| In office October 14, 2020 – January 27, 2025 | |
| President |
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| Preceded by | Constance Smith Barker |
| Succeeded by | vacant |
| Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights | |
| In office August 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | León Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Roger Severino |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division | |
| Acting July 23, 2013 – August 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Tom Perez |
| Succeeded by | Molly Moran (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jocelyn Frances Samuels |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Thomas Olson (m. 1983) |
| Education | |
Jocelyn Frances Samuels is an American lawyer. Appointed as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by Donald Trump in 2020, she was made the commission's vice chair by Joe Biden the following year and served in that role until Biden left office in 2025.