Gwynne Wilcox | |
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| Member of the National Labor Relations Board | |
| Assumed office September 11, 2023 | |
| In office August 4, 2021 – August 27, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Mark Gaston Pearce |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Syracuse University (BA) Rutgers University, Newark (JD) |
Gwynne A. Wilcox is an American attorney who has served as a board member of the National Labor Relations Board since August 2021.
Wilcox obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University and a Juris Doctor from the Rutgers Law School.
Wilcox is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. She is also a member of the Labor and Employment Law sections of both the American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association. She is a partner at Levy Ratner, P.C, an employment law firm that deals with unions. Part of Wilcox's work is to represent unions before the NLRB.
On May 26, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Wilcox to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board.[1] The Senate HELP Committee held hearings on her nomination on July 15, 2021. On July 21, 2021, the committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate floor.[2] Wilcox was confirmed by the entire Senate on July 28, 2021, by a roll call vote of 52–47.[3] She was sworn into her position on August 4, 2021.[4]
On June 2, 2023, President Biden nominated Wilcox for a second term on the board.[5] Her nomination was favorably reported by the Senate's HELP committee on July 12, 2023 and confirmed by the full Senate on September 6, 2023.[6] Her seat was briefly vacant as her initial term expired on August 27, 2023.[7]
Wilcox is the recipient of Syracuse University’s Chancellor’s Citation for Distinguished Achievement. She has also won the Peggy Browning Fund’s Lifetime Achievement Award.