Margarita Devlin, MA, CRC, is a member of the Senior Executive Service and serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations and Management at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS). In this role, she oversees the administration of grants and contracts that support employment services for veterans and transitioning service members, ensures compliance with laws protecting veteran workers’ rights (including USERRA and Veterans’ Preference), and leads employer outreach initiatives. She also manages the operational and administrative functions that sustain VETS’ mission to serve veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses. In Fiscal Year 2024, with a budget of over $335 million, DOL VETS served over 420,000 veterans and military spouses globally.
Before joining VETS in July 2021, Ms. Devlin spent more than 25 years at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), holding various leadership positions of increasing responsibility. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of South Florida. She maintains active certification as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) from the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC).
