Keith E. Sonderling

Keith Sonderling
Official portrait, 2025
38th United States Deputy Secretary of Labor
Assumed office
March 14, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJulie Su
Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Acting
In office
March 20, 2025 – November 16, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byCyndee Landrum (acting)
Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development
Acting
In office
March 18, 2025 – November 16, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byEric Morrissette
Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
In office
September 22, 2020 – August 30, 2024
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byCharlotte Burrows
Succeeded byBrittany Panuccio
Vice Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
In office
September 22, 2020 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJenny R. Yang
Succeeded byJocelyn Samuels
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division
Acting
In office
February 1, 2019 – April 29, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byBryan L. Jarrett (acting)
Succeeded byCheryl Stanton
Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division
In office
January – September 22, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byBryan L. Jarrett
Succeeded bySusan Boone
Personal details
Born (1982-11-25) November 25, 1982
New York, New York
PartyRepublican
SpouseFara Sonderling
Children2
Education

Keith E. Sonderling (born November 25, 1982) is an American lawyer and government official. He has served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Labor since 2025, during President Donald Trump's second term, and also served as the Acting Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. From 2020 to 2024, he served as commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. From 2017 to 2020, he served as the deputy and acting administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor. Before government service, he was a shareholder at Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart in West Palm Beach, Florida.