Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson CPA, JD
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Jeanne Klinefelter Wilson is Acting Assistant Secretary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). As Acting Assistant Secretary, Ms. Wilson serves as the agency head.&nabs; Ms. Wilson has served at the Department of Labor since her initial appointment in November 2017. Since that time she has served as Acting Assistant Secretary (from June 2020 to now, and previously from November 2017 to January 2018). She also served as EBSA's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy (November 2017 to May 2019), and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (May 2019 to May 2020).
Before her appointment as Deputy Assistant Secretary, Ms. Wilson served as counsel to plan sponsors and fiduciaries for over fifteen years. Prior to her graduation from law school, Ms. Wilson worked for seven years at a national accounting firm where she audited employee benefit plans and provided employee benefit plan compliance advice.
Ms. Wilson graduated magna cum laude from University of Houston Law Center in 1994. She is also a graduate of Auburn University.
Before her appointment as Deputy Assistant Secretary, Ms. Wilson served as counsel to plan sponsors and fiduciaries for over fifteen years. Prior to her graduation from law school, Ms. Wilson worked for seven years at a national accounting firm where she audited employee benefit plans and provided employee benefit plan compliance advice.
Ms. Wilson graduated magna cum laude from University of Houston Law Center in 1994. She is also a graduate of Auburn University.