Catherine E. Lhamon
Catherine Lhamon | |
|---|---|
| Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights | |
| In office November 17, 2021 – January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Kenneth L. Marcus |
| Succeeded by | Kimberly Richey |
| In office August 2013 – December 2016 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Russlynn Ali |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth L. Marcus |
| Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council for Racial Justice and Equity | |
| In office January 20, 2021 – October 25, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Chiraag Bains |
| Chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights | |
| In office December 2016 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Martin Castro |
| Succeeded by | Norma Cantú |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 5, 1971 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Catherine Elizabeth Lhamon (born August 5, 1971) is an American attorney and former government official serving as the executive director of the Edley Center on Law and Democracy at the UC Berkeley School of Law.
Lhamon served as assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education during both the Obama and Biden administrations. During her tenure with the department, she instituted changes to Title IX rules that some feminist and progressive groups praised but conservatives, libertarians, and some liberals and feminists criticized.
Lhamon was deputy chair of the United States Domestic Policy Council for racial justice and equality from January to October 2021 and chaired the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 2016 to 2021.