Author

• Author: Cathy Ventrell-Monsees
• Pages: 7-7

F-5 AGE DISCRIMINATION LITIGATION

AUTHOR

Cathy Ventrell-Monsees is a nationally recognized expert on age discrimination. She

has written more than 50 amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and circuit courts

on age discrimination issues and litigated several ADEA collective actions. For thir

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teen years, she directed the age discrimination litigation project at AARP. At the Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission, she served as a senior advisor to Chair Jenny R.

Yang, Acting Chair and Commissioner Victoria A. Lipnic, Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien

and Commissioner Stuart J. Ishimaru. She led Workplace Fairness as its president for

three years and served on its Board of Directors for ten years. She served on the Board

of Directors of the National Employment Lawyers Association, on the Council of the

ABA Labor and Employment Section, and as co-chair of its EEO Committee. Ms. Ven-

trell-Monsees taught employment discrimination law at the Washington College of Law at American University for

15 years. She has been quoted in national publications, including the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington

Post and LA Times, and frequently speaks at major conferences as an expert on age discrimination issues. She is

currently consulting on strengthening state civil rights laws and age discrimination and diversity trainings.