|
 Printer-Friendly Version
Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
For more information call: 202/219-8211
Kathryn (Kitty) Higgins, former Assistant to the President and Cabinet
Secretary in the Clinton Administration, was sworn in to office today as Deputy
Secretary of Labor. Labor Secretary Alexis M. Herman administered the oath of
office in a ceremony at the Labor Department.
"I am more than pleased to welcome back my friend and colleague Kitty
Higgins," said Herman. "As we look ahead to the many challenges facing the
nation's workforce, there is no one better qualified to help improve the lives
of America's working families."
Higgins has served the department twice before in her career. Most
recently, she was chief of staff to Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich. She began
her career as an employment and training professional for the department's
Manpower Administration in 1969 and stayed on for nine years.
"Kitty Higgins has spent her entire career in public service," said
Senator Thomas A. Daschle of South Dakota. "She knows how the Labor Department
functions, and she knows how to make the department work for working people."
From 1986 to 1993, Higgins was chief of staff for Congressman Sander M.
Levin of Michigan. In 1992, she served as deputy director of Congressional
Relations for the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Prior to that, she served
as an assistant director for employment policy on the domestic policy staff for
the Carter Administration. There she helped create Vice President Walter
Mondale's task force on youth employment to address persistently high youth
joblessness.
In 1981, she joined the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee to
handle education and training policy for Senator Edward Kennedy, where she
helped pass the Kennedy-Quayle Job Training Partnership Act. From 1982-86, she
served as the Democratic staff director for that committee.
Higgins received a degree in social science and education from the
University of Nebraska and hails from Yankton, South Dakota. She was married
for 16 years to William J. Higgins, an executive with the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration until his death in 1987. She has two sons, Liam, 22,
and Kevan, 19.
Archived News Release--Caution:
information may be out of date.
| 
