Pres. Obama has nominated Jacqueline Berrien to head the EEOC

President Obama has tapped another African-American female Harvard alum for a key government post. Jacqueline Berrien, is a Harvard Law school graduate and associate director-counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF). She has also taught trial advocacy at Harvard and Fordham law schools and has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School. In a statement to the press, Obama noted Berrien's "passion and leadership" and says he is "confident she will make sure the EEOC lives up to its mission of eliminating discrimination in the workplace."