March 10, 2021
Michele Evermore
Alumna Michele Evermore, who earned her master’s degree in labor studies from UMass Amherst in 2016, has been appointed by the Biden administration to a newly created role at the U.S. Labor Department as senior advisor on unemployment insurance, a position within the department’s Employment and Training Administration.
Evermore, formerly a senior policy analyst at the non-profit National Employment Law Project, has been described by Bloomberg Law as “a constant voice this past year in media articles and on Capitol Hill calling for Congress, DOL, and state agencies to provide expanded benefits payments to a wider pool of Americans unable to work amid the pandemic-induced downturn.” In her new role she will support the surge in claims for unemployment benefits stemming from the pandemic.