S. DENISE HENDRICKS
Managing Director, Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity
As the Managing Director of the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity (DI&EO) for the U.S. Government Publishing Office, S. Denise Hendricks administers policy and oversight of the DI&EO program. This includes efforts to ensure equal opportunity in employment throughout the GPO, provide for the equitable resolution of complaints of discrimination, require compliance with antidiscrimination laws, regulations, policy, and program directives and advise management on all aspects of DI&EO, including formulating and executing proactive initiatives in support of GPO’s commitment to equality of opportunity. In July 2022, as a result of GPO modernizing its program, the office name changed from Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity.
Biography
Hendricks brings more than two decades of diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity experience to her position at GPO. Prior to joining GPO in 2019, she worked at NASA as an EEO Specialist and then Disability Program Manager. From 2015–2017, she worked as an EEO Specialist (Case Analyst) at the Department of the Army adjudicating equal employment opportunity complaints. She also served as the EEO Director and subsequently the Deputy Director for the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and Deputy Assistant Director in the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at the Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services. She joined GPO in May 2019.
Hendricks is a certified EEO Counselor and mediator. She graduated from Columbia College of Missouri, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and is currently working to complete a Master’s of Science in Administration with a concentration in Leadership.