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Shirley J. Wilcher Wilcher Global LLC wilcherglobal@gmail.com
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Shirley J. Wilcher is a leading authority on equal opportunity and diversity policy. Ms. Wilcher is currently Executive Director of the American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA). She is also President of Wilcher Global, LLC, a consulting firm that specializes in diversity management, affirmative action, contract compliance, and government relations. During the Clinton Administration, Ms. Wilcher served a seven-year term as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), in the Employment Standards Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. Her more than twenty years of experience include service as civil rights counsel with the Education and Labor Committee, US House of Representatives; as Director for State Relations and General Counsel with the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and as a staff attorney with the National Women's Law Center. Ms. Wilcher is an honors graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts; holds a Master of Arts Degree from the New School for Social Research in New York, NY; and a Juris Doctor from the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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All Liberals Are Not Liberal: The Case for Affirmative Action The author, Shirley J. Wilcher, addresses criticisms by Michael Lind, Senator James Webb and others about race-based affirmative action. Wilcher, a former Clinton Administration official, argues that affirmative action continues to be necessary to prevent discrimination and to foster diversity in education, employment and business.

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