Seth Harris | |
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| Acting United States Secretary of Labor | |
| In office January 22, 2013 – July 23, 2013 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Hilda Solis |
| Succeeded by | Tom Perez |
| United States Deputy Secretary of Labor | |
| In office May 26, 2009 – April 3, 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Howard Radzely |
| Succeeded by | Chris Lu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 12, 1962 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Karen Rosen |
| Education | Cornell University (BS) New York University (JD) |
Seth D. Harris (born October 12, 1962) is an American attorney, academic, and former government official. Harris served under President Barack Obama as the 11th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor from 2009 to 2014. Nominated in February 2009, Harris was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in May 2009, and became acting Secretary of Labor for six months following the resignation of Hilda Solis in January 2013. Harris was also a member of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's Board of Directors.[1] Harris stepped down from his post on January 16, 2014.[2]
After leaving the Obama administration, Harris has been a visiting professor at the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs and a distinguished scholar at Cornell University's School of Industrial & Labor Relations,[3] and a lawyer in Washington, D.C.[4] Harris also served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Labor and the Economy and deputy director of the National Economic Council during the Biden administration until July 2022.[5]
Harris currently serves on boards of directors, advising early stage companies, and works as a professor of the practice in law and policy at Northeastern University.[6][7]
- ^ OPIC Board of Directors, Seth D. Harris Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 2011
- ^ "Acting Deputy Secretary of Labor and Solicitor of Labor". Office of the Secretary. Department of Labor. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ "Seth Harris returns to ILR School as distinguished scholar". Cornell Chronicle.
- ^ "Seth D. Harris | Law & Policy". Seth D. Harris | Law & Policy.
- ^ "Biden Top Labor Adviser Seth Harris Resigns White House Position". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethdharris [self-published source]
- ^ Stening, Tanner (2022-07-18). "Is there a new labor movement afoot in the US? Seth Harris, former top advisor to Biden, weighs in". News @ Northeastern. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
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