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OPA News Release:
Labor Secretary Appoints Members To Administrative Review Board
New Members Bring Experience And Talent To ARB
WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced
today the appointment of four new administrative appeals judges to serve on the
Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor. Madonna Cynthia
Douglass of Alexandria, Virginia will become Chairman of the Board. Wayne C.
Beyer, of Washington, D.C., Judith S. Boggs, of Louisville, Kentucky and Oliver
M. Transue, of Tucson, Arizona have been appointed as members of the ARB.
“Cindy Douglas, Wayne Beyer, Judith Boggs and Oliver Transue are
outstanding individuals and I am confident they will do an excellent job
enforcing the laws entrusted to them,” Chao said. “They bring a wide
range of experience in health, safety and employment issues to the
Board.”
“I also want to thank the previous Administrative Review Board
members for their years of service to the Department,” Chao added.
The members of the Administrative Appeals Board review appeals of
decisions of DOL Administrative Law Judges and issue final decisions on behalf
of the Secretary of Labor under a broad range of federal labor laws. Those laws
include nuclear, environmental, Davis-Bacon, surface transportation, federal
contract compliance, child labor and whistleblower statutes.
Administrative Review Board Appointee
Fact Sheet
M. Cynthia Douglass served previously in the U.S. Department of Labor as
Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration. As a senior policy advisor to the Environmental Protection
Agency, she helped establish the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation
Board. From 1984-1989, Ms. Douglass served as Administrator of the Research and
Special Programs Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation, which
has responsibility for ensuring the safety of hazardous materials
transportation and pipeline safety. Prior to joining the executive branch of
the federal government, Ms. Douglass served as counsel to the U.S. Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, where she helped draft
several of the statutes over which the ARB has jurisdiction. From 1994-1999,
Ms. Douglass was a senior executive with the Institute of Makers of Explosives,
a safety organization, and the Steel Shipping Container Institute in
Washington, D.C. Ms. Douglass holds a B.A. from the University of Kansas, and a
J.D. from the Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas.
Wayne C. Beyer currently serves as a senior litigation counsel, engaged
in federal civil rights practice, in the Washington, D.C. Office of Corporation
Counsel. He holds an A.B. cum laude from Dartmouth College, an M.A.T from
Harvard University and a J.D. from Georgetown University. From 1983-86, Mr.
Beyer was Chief of Staff and then Principal Deputy General Counsel with the
General Services Administration, where he had oversight of cases pending before
the GSA Board of Contract Appeals.
Judith S. Boggs is currently in the private practice of law in
Louisville, Kentucky specializing in health care issues. She holds a B.A. cum
laude from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and a J.D. from
the University of Chicago Law School. From 1987-1989, Ms. Boggs was a senior
policy analyst in the Executive Office of the President, The White House. From
1978-1987, she served as a Special Assistant to the Administrator of the Health
Care Financing Administration and a Special Assistant to the Associate
Administrator for Policy. Ms. Boggs’s state government experience includes
serving as a member of the Kentucky Human Rights Commission, where she drafted
briefs involving complex seniority system employment discrimination issues. Mr.
Boggs also served as legal counsel to the Kentucky Mental Health
Department.
Oliver M. Transue is an employment law specialist, arbitrator and former
municipal court judge. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from the
University of Arizona.Prior to joining the ARB, Mr. Transue was an employment
arbitrator in Tucson, Arizona, where he arbitrated disputes concerning Arizona
state employees involved in serious discipline and whistle blowing cases. From
1988-1992, Mr. Transue served as a municipal court judge pro tempore for the
town of Oro Valley, Arizona.He also served as chief prosecutor for the city of
Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Transue was a panelist with the American Arbitration
Association and is a member of the American Bar Association Labor and
Employment Law Section, Committees on Alternative Dispute Resolution in
Employment and Labor Law, Equal Employment Opportunity and Federal Service Law.
From 1981- 1986, Mr. Transue founded and managed OmniSport, Inc., where he
negotiated contracts and served as counsel for several National Football League
players.
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