TAMARA E. CHRISLER
Executive Director
Tamara E. Chrisler was appointed to a five-year term as Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in January 2008. The Board of Directors initially appointed Ms. Chrisler to a five-year term as Deputy Executive Director for the Senate in June 2005; in April 2006, she was selected to serve as Acting Executive Director.
Prior to joining the Office of Compliance, Ms. Chrisler served as a labor and employment attorney for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, representing the interests of the government, as well as administrative agencies, in claims brought by employees before the Federal court. After less than two years of serving as a staff attorney, Ms. Chrisler was selected to join in managing the Labor Law Branch of the Bureau of Prisons as Deputy Associate General Counsel. Ms. Chrisler also served as Prevention of Sexual Harassment Coordinator for the Bureau of Prisons.
From 1993-1997, Ms. Chrisler served as an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in Chicago, Illinois. In the State’s Attorney’s Office, she represented the People of the State of Illinois in child abuse and neglect cases, juvenile felony and misdemeanor cases, and adult felony cases. Ms. Chrisler served as a Special Prosecutor in the Juvenile Justice System, prosecuting high profile habitual and violent juvenile felony offenders.
Ms. Chrisler completed her professional education at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois, earning a Bachelor of Arts in French Literature in1990 and a Juris Doctor in 1993. She and her family live in Maryland.
