 Sunila
Thomas George
Commissioner, Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination
On November 30, 2007, Governor Deval Patrick
appointed Sunila Thomas George as a Commissioner for the
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD).
Ms. George is responsible for the administration, adjudication
and education of civil rights matters for the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts. She serves as the Investigating Commissioner
on a majority of cases filed at the Commission. Previously,
Ms. George served as the Acting Chief of Enforcement where
she directly oversaw the entire Enforcement Division of
the MCAD which is made up of over 50 employees including
attorneys, investigators and support staff. She directed
the processing and investigation of all cases filed at the
Commission. Before that, she served as the Supervisor of
the Enforcement Advisors Unit where she oversaw a staff
of attorneys and provided legal counsel to investigators
and enforcement supervisors. Ms. George joined the Commission’s
Springfield office in 1997 where she litigated cases at
public hearing and conducted substantive trainings in anti-discrimination
laws for the area businesses and schools. She is certified
as a trainer in areas of discrimination and sexual harassment
and also mediates cases for the Commission. She was formerly
co-chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Labor
and Employment Section’s, Employees Rights and Responsibilities
Practice Group. She also serves as a faculty panelist in
many seminars with the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
(MCLE), the Massachusetts Bar Association and Boston Bar
Association. Ms. George is the recipient of the 2001 Manuel
Carballo Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public
Service and received the 2004 Executive Branch Award for
Excellence in Government Legal Services. Ms. George serves
as an advisory board member for the South Asian Bar Association
of Greater Boston (SABA GB). She is a graduate of Wheaton
College (BA) and Western New England College School of Law
(JD).
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