Craig is a partner at K&L Gates in DC and co-leader of the OFCCP & Affirmative Action Compliance area. Craig was OFCCP Director from 2018-21. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington, where he teaches Government Lawyering, Disability Rights Law, and Local Government Law. He serves as Chair of the Bar Association of DC’s Civil and Human Rights Committee, Vice Chair of the DC Advisory Committee to the USCCR, and as a member of numerous other boards and committees, including for Disability: IN DC Metro, Disability Belongs, and Eightfold. He is a member of the NILG Advisory Council. Craig is also a disability inclusion and accessibility advocate. 

Maya Raghu is a consultant providing strategic counsel on public policy, stakeholder engagement, litigation, and strategic messaging centered on workplace civil rights, economic security, and gender and racial equity. Most recently, Ms. Raghu was a senior advisor to former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte A. Burrows and a political appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor as the Deputy Director, Policy at the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), overseeing the development and implementation of policies and programs to advance equal employment opportunity. Before joining government, Ms. Raghu held positions at a number of nonprofit advocacy organizations leading legislative and regulatory policy advocacy, filing impact litigation, and frequently speaking and presenting at conferences, to leaders, and to media outlets. She was also previously an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and a law clerk to a federal district judge. Ms. Raghu is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. She has appeared in a number of media outlets, including PBS Newshour, NPR, CNN, and The New York Times.

Bob Gaglione is an Arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and Principal of Gaglione ADR Group. 

Bob was a business and civil trial lawyer for over 30 years and served as a Deputy Director in the United States Department of Labor in Washington DC from 2019-2021. He also taught law and political science classes at several universities. Bob holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and a JD from the University of San Diego School of Law. 

Chris is the co-leader of the Educational Institutions and Services industry group at Perkins Coie and is resident in the firm’s Washington D.C. office. As a former government senior executive, his practice focuses on aiding clients in navigating the complex government litigation and compliance landscape.

Chris’ advises on employment related government compliance obligations as well as aids clients facing large-scale investigations by the Department of Labor, the EEOC, and other state and federal agencies.

Chris also leads investigations into sensitive matters at all levels of the workplace including high-level executives.  His experience leading the civil rights branch in the Department of Labor’s solicitor’s office enables him to approach investigations from many perspectives and evaluate root causes of workplace misconduct. Chris brings that perspective to his work advising clients of all sizes on several workplace challenges including compliance with artificial intelligence standards, workplace diversity, equity and inclusion guardrails and pay equity audits.

Before joining the firm, Chris served as the associate solicitor for civil rights and labor management for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Chris led the legal division responsible for the regulatory, policy, and enforcement matters for seven DOL agencies including the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and the Office of Labor Management Standards. In that senior executive role, Chris counseled the DOL on equal employment opportunity, enforcement, regulatory and policy initiatives and advised on a wide range of constitutional and statutory matters in federal courts including the U.S. Supreme Court. 

Victoria A. Lipnic is a Partner at Resolution Economics. She leads the company’s Human Capital Strategy Group. The Human Capital Strategy Group combines the company’s expertise in data analytics and deep knowledge of regulatory requirements with an interdisciplinary approach to advise organizations on the full range of their human capital needs and reporting requirements including recruitment, selection, promotions, DEI&A, pay equity, and overall talent allocation. She advises firms on EEO compliance, workplace best practices and serves as an expert witness on such matters. 

Prior to joining the company she served two terms at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as Commissioner from 2010 to 2020. She headed the EEOC as Acting Chair from 2017 to 2019.  She was appointed to the EEOC by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She was named Acting Chair by President Donald J. Trump. At the EEOC she worked on policy, cases, and regulations under all of the statutes enforced by the Commission including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Equal Pay Act (EPA), the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). While at the EEOC she participated in numerous agency regulatory initiatives including the final GINA regulations, the ADA, as amended, regulations, and the revisions to the EEO-1 form to include pay data reporting and the use of arrest and conviction records in employment. She organized the agency’s first public meeting on Big Data in Employment, created its Chief Data Officer position, oversaw development of the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics and published a significant report on age discrimination. She co-chaired the EEOC’s Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace, and co-authored its seminal report, issued in 2016, before the beginning of the #MeToo movement. 

Prior to joining the EEOC, she practiced law with Seyfarth Shaw, LLP. She also served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards from 2002 to January 2009, a position she was appointed to by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. At the Department of Labor she oversaw regulatory development and enforcement for the Wage and Hour Division, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), the Office of Labor Management Standards and four national workers’ compensation programs. This included oversight and enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Executive Order 11246 and the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act. 

Ahmed Younies is responsible for setting the overall corporate strategy for HR Unlimited Inc. (HRU) and directing business operations. Prior to joining HRU, Ahmed served as the District Director of an agency of the Department of Labor. Ahmed has also served seven years with the Employers Group (EG), the largest non-profit employers association nationwide. In addition, he’s worked in HR managements in a variety of industries at companies such as Textron, Rogerson Aircraft, and TRW (now Northrop Grumman).