Anupa Iyer Geevarghese
Anupa Iyer Geevarghese serves as the non-career Deputy Director for the U.S. Department Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Anupa previously served as the Chief of Staff for the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). As Chief of Staff, she collaborated closely with ODEP’s Assistant Secretary and other U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) leaders to identify and implement strategies for increasing the number and quality of employment opportunities for people with disabilities. She came to DOL from the U.S. Department of Defense, where she served as a subject matter expert and Senior Disability Policy Advisor for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives. Prior to that, she worked for seven years at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), where she was instrumental in implementing updates strengthening Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Before beginning federal service, she worked for various non-profit advocacy organizations, among them the Mental Disability Advocacy Center, and served as a Union Organizer for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Anupa holds a J.D. from Seattle University School of Law and B.A. in Political Science from the University of California Los Angeles.