Keith Sonderling
Acting Secretary of Labor
Keith Sonderling is the Acting Secretary of Labor, designated by President Trump on April 20, 2026. He was confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Labor on March 12, 2025, and was a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 2020 to 2024.
Biography
Keith E. Sonderling received a B.S. from the University of Florida and a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University. Before entering government he was a partner at the Florida law firm Gunster, where he counseled employers and litigated labor and employment matters. He also taught employment law as an adjunct professor at George Washington University Law School.
From 2017 to 2020 Sonderling served as Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division. He was a Senate-confirmed commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from September 2020 to August 2024, and its vice chair from 2020 to 2021.
The Senate confirmed him as Deputy Secretary of Labor on March 12, 2025. President Trump designated him Acting Secretary of Labor on April 20, 2026, and nominated him to be Secretary of Labor on June 29, 2026. The department says that in June 2026 he was also designated Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
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