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D. Mark Wilson
 Since January 2002, Mr. Wilson has been Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Employment Standards Administration (ESA) at the U.S. Department of Labor. He
oversees and administers the Wage and Hour Division, the Office of Federal
Contract Compliance Programs, the Office of Labor-Management Standards, and the
Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. ESA has over 4,200 employees and
discretionary budget of over $521 million.
Mr. Wilson’s
responsibilities include policy and media development; overseeing and
implementing the regulatory and legislative agenda for ESA; budget formulation
and execution; developing performance standards for ESA’s Senior Executive
Service staff and reviewing their performance; updating ESA’s performance
goals; and successfully implementing the President’s Management Agenda. He
often briefs the Assistant Secretary, Solicitor, Secretary, and White House
staff on workplace issues.
His work includes the first update to the
overtime regulations in almost 50 years and the first reform of the union
reporting regulations in over 40 years.
From February 1995 to January
2002, Mr. Wilson was a Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. He
specialized in a variety of workplace policy and tax issues. While at Heritage
Mr. Wilson published over 50 research papers, testified 12 times before
Congress and frequently briefed members of Congress and the Administration. He
also briefed state and local legislators on a variety of federal workplace
programs and issues.
Prior to coming to Heritage, Mr. Wilson was a
senior economist in the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy for nearly 12 years. There he provided analysis to the
Assistant Secretary, the Chief Economist, the Secretary of Labor, and the White
House on a variety of labor market issues.
Mr. Wilson has appeared on a
number of national radio and television shows, including, CNN, CNBC, Fox News,
and C-SPAN, to discuss a variety of labor policy issues. He has also published
numerous articles and editorials in the Wall Street Journal, the New York
Times, The Washington Times, and many other major state newspapers.
Mr.
Wilson received a B.A. in economics from Kent State University in December
1979, and continued with Masters Degree studies at George Washington University
from 1983 to 1987 economics.
Mr. Wilson is 49 years old and has been
married 28 years to Debbie Wilson. They have three children, Scott age 24,
Shawn age 21, and Morgan age 18 - all of whom have gone through Maryland public
schools.
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