Daniel T. Gresh, Chairman and Chief Administrative Appeals Judge
Daniel T. Gresh was appointed to the Benefits Review Board in September 2019. Prior to his appointment, Gresh served as the Acting Vice Chair and an Administrative Appeals Judge at the U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board, where he reviewed appeals of complaints filed under a broad range of federal administrative labor laws, including financial, environmental and transportation employee protection statutes; immigration, child labor, employment discrimination and job training laws; and federal government construction and service contract wage compliance laws. Gresh also previously worked as an attorney for over fifteen years at the Administrative Appeals Board. Prior to that, Gresh was an attorney at the Benefits Review Board. Gresh received a Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, in Economics and English from Villanova University and a Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School.
Melissa Lin Jones, Member of the Board and Administrative Appeals Judge
Judge Jones was appointed to the Benefits Review Board in October 2019. Prior to her appointment, Judge Jones was an Administrative Law Judge with the Social Security Administration, an Administrative Appeals Judge on the D.C. Department of Employment Services' Compensation Review Board, and an Administrative Law Judge with that agency's Office of Hearings and Adjudication, Administrative Hearings Division. Judge Jones has authored or contributed to numerous publications regarding workers' compensation law and administrative adjudication and serves on the faculty of the National Judicial College. She holds a B.A. degree in English from St. Bonaventure University, a J.D. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, and a M.JS. degree from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Jonathan Rolfe, Member of the Board and Administrative Appeals Judge
Jonathan Rolfe was re-appointed to the Benefits Review Board (BRB) in 2025, where he previously served as an Administrative Appeals Judge and Vice Chair for ten years. Prior to his most recent service with BRB, Judge Rolfe served as an Administrative Appeals Judge for the Department’s Administrative Review Board, and in the Department’s Office of the Solicitor, where he represented the Director of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs in litigation in front of the BRB and various United States Courts of Appeals on issues arising under the Black Lung Benefits Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and its extensions. Before beginning his government service, Judge Rolfe worked in private practice for ten years in the District of Columbia, where he focused on labor and employment law litigation in federal courts, primarily representing national and international labor unions. Judge Rolfe is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School and the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Glenn E. Ulmer, Member of the Board and Acting Administrative Appeals Judge
Acting Administrative Appeals Judge Ulmer was appointed to a detail as a Member of the Benefits Review Board in June 2025. He began at the Board in 1994 as an Attorney-Advisor and has held the position of Associate General Counsel since 2008. Judge Ulmer received a B.A. from Temple University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the Virginia State Bar. Judge Ulmer is a veteran of the United States Army, where he served in military intelligence.