Lisette Garcia lends expertise to help Equal Employment Opportunity Commission analyze pay data across nation

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Lisette Garcia, assistant vice president of diversity, inclusion and belonging for Penn State Human Resources, was one of 13 experts from across the nation selected to produce a new report for the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to help the commission effectively utilize pay data from employers across the nation, and improve future data collections, with the ultimate goal of helping the EEOC advance greater pay equity across the United States.

The expert panel was assembled by the nonpartisan National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, featuring experts from universities, business and industry organizations, financial institutions, employment law organizations and nonprofit research institutes from around the country. Garcia, who joined Penn State in 2020, was selected for her expertise as both a human resources professional and a trained researcher who has worked extensively on collecting and analyzing data related to education and employment.

On Aug. 25, the panel briefed the White House Office of Management and Budget on the findings outlined in the report – the first of its kind to analyze pay data collected by the EEOC at the national level. She also recently joined the panel in briefing the EEOC’s commissioners on July 24.

The report examines pay data collected by the EEOC for the first time in...

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