Alexis Herman is the youngest person to ever serve as director of the Department's Women's Bureau, appointed by Jimmy Carter when she is only 29. She starts her own consulting firm and later works her way up through the Democratic National Committee, eventually becoming vice chair. Herman serves the Clinton Administration as deputy director of the Presidential Transition Office and as the head of the White House Office of Public Liaison. As secretary of labor, Herman earns accolades for her handling of the UPS strike. She oversees the creation of the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), reorganization of federal employment and training programs under the Workforce Investment Act, and the adoption of ILO's Convention 182, banning abusive child labor.