The Honorable Cari M. Dominguez

Chair, NACD Center for Inclusive Governance

Cari Dominguez is nationally recognized for her expertise in public policymaking, workforce issues and corporate governance. 

A former Chair of the U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she also served at the U.S. Department of Labor in roles including Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards and Labor Management, and Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. In the latter capacity, she created, launched, and led the Labor Department’s Glass Ceiling Initiative, designed to remove from the workplace invisible barriers affecting the advancement of women and underrepresented groups.   

Dominguez serves as lead director on the board of Triple-S Management Corporation, the exclusive BlueCross BlueShield managed healthcare company in Puerto Rico. She is also on the board of Circa, a trustee of the Calvert Funds, and a recently retired board member of ManpowerGroup, a global workforce solutions company.   

She is principal of Dominguez & Associates, a management consulting firm providing services in human capital management and governance. Her corporate experience includes various senior human resources positions at Bank of America. She was also a partner at two international executive search firms.   

Dominguez has served on numerous nonprofit boards, including Loma Linda University Health. She is a former President of the International Women’s Forum of Washington, D.C., and a founding member of the Latino Corporate Directors Association. She also served on the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Taskforce on Apprenticeship Expansion, established to promote the upskilling and reskilling of the Nation’s workforce. Currently, she serves on the national board of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and on the faculty of its Board Advisory Services.

Dominguez has received numerous awards and national recognition for her global efforts to promote workforce development and diversity. Hispanic Business magazine has recognized her as one of the “80 Elite Hispanic Women” and one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics in the Country.” She was selected as one of WomenInc’s 2018 Most Influential Corporate Board Directors. 

A published author, she holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from American University, in Washington, D.C. She is also a Fellow of the Advanced Study Program in Public Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an NACD Board Leadership Fellow. Dominguez was also conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanitarian Service by Loma Linda University.