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George Bryan Slater

MEMBER SINCE: 2025

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Skilled, hands-on, goals-driven executive with 20+ years of senior level experience leading state and federal public, non-profit, and private sector organizations in delivering legislative, governmental, and regulatory results on time and under budget. Measurable successes in legislative and budgetary accomplishments, streamlining operations, policy development, cutting costs, operational efficiencies, and process/organizational change. Recent successes include implementing the overhaul of workforce development, and professional licensing expansions in healthcare, education, and regulated professions at the Virginia state level, and enterprise-wide shared services implementation and risk management in a federal government cabinet department.

History of Employment

Position
Division
Organization
Start
End
Secretary of Labor
Commonwealth of Virginia
2022
Present
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
United States Department of Labor
2017
2021
Assistant Secretary of Administration
United States Department of Transportation
2017
2017
Director of Operations and Facilities - Freedom Partners Shared Services
Freedom Partners/Koch Non-Profit Network
2014
2017
Executive Vice President - Generation Opportunity
Freedom Partners/Koch Non-Profit Network
2013
2014
Acting Chief Executive Officer - Generation Opportunity
Freedom Partners/Koch Non-Profit Network
2012
2013
Senior Vice President for Field Operations - Generation Opportunity
Freedom Partners/Koch Non-Profit Network
2012
2012
Vice President of Operations
Americans United for Life
2009
2012
White House Liaison
United States Department of Labor
2005
2009
Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Affairs
United States Small Business Administration
2004
2005
Political Director
Republican National Committee
2001
2002
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor for Legislation
Gilmore for Governor
2000
2001
Secretary of Administration
Commonwealth of Virginia
1998
2001
Co-Director, Gubernatorial Transition Office
Gilmore for Governor
1997
1998
Campaign Manager
Gilmore for Governor
1997
1997
Executive Director
Republican Party of Georgia
1994
1995
Senior Management Advisor and Director of Administration
Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
1994
1995
Campaign Manager
Gilmore for Attorney General
1992
1994
Congressional Relations Officer
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
1990
1992
Field Representative
Marshall Coleman for Governor
1988
1989
Political Director/Field Director - Virginia
George H.W. Bush for President
1987
1988
Vice President
Creative Direct, LLC
2002-2004
Primary Policy Areas

Banking/Financial Regulation, Budget and Finance, Civic Engagement, Commerce, Economy, Elections, Ethics, Federal Hiring and Position Classification , Government Operations/Innovation, Housing, Intergovernmental System/Federalism, Intergovernmental Affairs and Coordination, Labor Relations/Unions, Labor/Workforce Training and RecruitmentLabor, Nonprofit/Philanthropy, Oversight/Regulation, Small Business, Taxes

Primary Sector of Expertise

State

Primary Functions

Budgeting and Finance, Communications and Marketing, Change Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Human Capital, Intergovernmental, Nonprofit / NGO leadership, Organizational Structure/Design/Development, Performance Measurement, Risk Management, State Government, Strategic Planning