Tanya L. Goldman was a senior policy analyst/attorney with CLASP’s job quality team, where she focused on policy solutions that improved job quality for workers, strengthened worker protections, and increased economic security for working families with low incomes.

Prior to joining CLASP, Tanya had several positions in the federal government focused on protecting and upholding labor and employment laws.  She worked at the U.S. Department of Labor, first as the Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, focusing on strategic enforcement and protection of workers’ labor standards. Tanya also served as an Administrative Appeals Judge, issuing decisions in cases arising under a wide range of worker protection laws.  Before working at the U.S. Department of Labor, Tanya prosecuted violations of federal employment laws at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Early in her career, Tanya clerked for a federal judge and taught at Tulane University Law School. An adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, Tanya holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a law degree from Harvard Law School.