Colleen Duffy Kiko

President Donald J. Trump designated Colleen Duffy Kiko as Chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) on February 11, 2025.   Chairman Kiko has served as Member of the FLRA since December 2017 and previously served as FLRA Chairman from December 2017 until January 2021.

Chairman Kiko has a long history with the FLRA. She worked in its predecessor agency, the Labor Management Services Administration of the Department of Labor (DOL).  When the FLRA opened its doors on January 1, 1979, Chairman Kiko worked in the Washington Regional Office investigating unfair labor practices. She ultimately moved into positions within the headquarters of the FLRA.  From 2005 to 2008 she served as FLRA General Counsel, having been nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Prior to her first FLRA chairmanship, Chairman Kiko served as one of the three permanent Judges of the DOL’s Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB), a position to which she was appointed in March of 2008. She previously served as an ECAB Judge from 2002 through 2005. Chairman Kiko has also served in the Justice Department as an attorney advisor in the Civil Rights Division and as a Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, in Alexandria, Virginia; as an associate counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights; and in the private practice of law.

Chairman Kiko holds a J.D. from Antonin Scalia Law School and a B.S. degree from North Dakota State University. She was born and raised in North Dakota, and she lives in Virginia with her husband, Phil. They have four children and nine grandchildren.