Andrea Lucas, a vocal critic of corporate DEI initiatives, was named acting chair of the federal agency that enforces workplace discrimination laws.

President Trump named Andrea R. Lucas as acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, who vowed to root out "unlawful DEI- motivated race and sex discrimination."

President Trump has named former Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Andrea R. Lucas as Acting Chair of the EEOC, putting her at the top of the an agency charged with “enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s race,