Christine Griffin

Christine M. Griffin
Assistant Secretary for Disability Policies and Programs, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
In office
August 29, 2011 – 2013
GovernorDeval Patrick
SecretaryJudyAnn Bigby
John Polanowicz
Deputy Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management
In office
January 4, 2010 – August 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
DirectorMorrell J. Berry
Preceded byHoward Weizmann
Succeeded byEarl L. Gay
Vice Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
acting
In office
January 2009 – January 2, 2010
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byLeslie E. Silverman
Succeeded byJenny R. Yang
Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
In office
January 2005 – January 2, 2010
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byPaul S. Miller
Succeeded byJacqueline A. Berrien
Personal details
Born (1955-02-10) February 10, 1955 (age 69)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePhilip D. Berry[1]
EducationMassachusetts Maritime Academy (BS)
Boston College (JD)
Signature
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1974–1977 (active)
1977–1979 (reserves)

Christine M. Griffin (born February 10, 1955) is an American lawyer. From 2011 to 2013 she served as Assistant Secretary for Disability Policies and Programs for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

After military service on active duty from 1974 to 1977, Griffin graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1983 and worked for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She received a Juris Doctor from the Boston College Law School in 1993 and held posts in disability advocacy groups and as commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission until 2009. From 2010 to 2011 she served as deputy director of the United States Office of Personnel Management under John Berry.

  1. ^ "Christine Griffin takes oath as EEOC Commissioner" (Press release). Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. January 3, 2006. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2009.