Pamela Talkin

[citation needed] Talkin began her career as a Spanish teacher and guidance counselor in New York City high schools.

[2][3] In 1991, she testified in support of Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings in response to allegations of sexual harassment by Anita Hill.

[4] From 1984 to 1986, Talkin was an assistant regional director of the National Labor Relations Board in San Francisco, California, and from 1986 to 1989, she was chief of staff at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In 1989, Talkin was appointed by President George H. W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate as a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

[3] From 1995 to 2001, she was the first deputy executive director of the Office of Compliance, the independent regulatory agency created by the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, which applies the nation’s labor and employment laws to Congress.