Dr. Unique Morris-Hughes is the Director of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES). In her role as State Secretary of Labor, she is directly responsible for $1.2B in local, federal and specific-purpose funds administered by the District of Columbia and the federal government for workforce development programs and training, unemployment compensation, universal paid leave administration and labor standards enforcement, along with active capital projects. She previously served as Chief Strategy Officer for DOES and Chief Operating Officer at DC’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education.
Dr. Morris-Hughes is the first female chair of the DC Water Board of Directors, a board member of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators, and Region 3 Director of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies Board of Directors. She is also a member of the American Educational Research Association, the Textbook and Academic Authors Association of America, the National Alliance of Black School Educators, the National Black MBA Association, the International Leadership Association, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
Dr. Morris-Hughes obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, an MBA from Trinity University, and a BA in English from Johnson C. Smith University.
