The National Employment Law Project (NELP) today announced the appointment of Teresa Acuña as Visiting Fellow for Good Jobs Democracy. Working in concert with NELP’s senior policy fellows, the Visiting Fellow for Good Jobs Democracy will move NELP’s pioneering research and development of high-impact policy solutions into advocacy strategies that expand opportunity for all workers.
Teresa brings deep experience in developing and advancing pro-worker policies as a legislative director for members of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the California State Legislature. More recently, she served as the Director of the Good Jobs Initiative at the U.S. Department of Labor in the Biden-Harris administration. Under the leadership of Acting Secretary Julie Su, Teresa helped shape the federal government’s approach to ensuring that investment in infrastructure, clean energy, and manufacturing created high-quality jobs and expanded pathways into the middle class.
“Teresa’s experience in translating policy ideas into tangible wins for workers and their communities is critical to advancing NELP’s vision of an inclusive democracy where all workers have the economic foundation to contribute to and share in progress,” said NELP CEO Rebecca Dixon. “Good jobs enable people to be active citizens.”
About NELP
Founded in 1969, the nonprofit National Employment Law Project (NELP) is a leading advocacy organization with the mission to build a just and inclusive economy where all workers have expansive rights and thrive in good jobs. Together with local, state, and national partners, NELP advances its mission through transformative legal and policy solutions, research, capacity building, and communications. NELP’s victories over the last decade have impacted the lives of an estimated 100 million workers and their families. NELP leads and collaborates in fights for higher pay and just benefits, secure and safe jobs, and support at each stage in a worker’s life. For more information, visit the website: www.nelp.org.
