Catherine E. Lhamon, a longtime civil rights attorney, was the Assistant Secretary of Education in charge of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education from 2013 to 2017. In December, 2016, President Obama appointed her chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Betsy DeVos May Need a Civil Rights Reality Check
Former civil rights chief of the Education Department on why the agency is indispensable
