Amanda Wood Laihow

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health

Amanda Wood Laihow is the Acting Assistant Secretary.

Before joining OSHA, Ms. Wood Laihow was nominated in 2019 by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate in 2020 as a Commissioner to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission from 2020–2023. Previously, she served at the Commission as the Chief Counsel to Chairman James J. Sullivan, Jr. She has dedicated the majority of her career to public service and to labor issues as the Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Assistant General Counsel at the U.S. General Services Administration, as well as Director of Labor and Employment Policy at the National Association of Manufacturers.