Editing Alexis Herman (section)

===Post-government===
[[File:Thomas Perez and Alexis Herman, 2015.jpg|right|thumb|[[Thomas Perez]] and Alexis Herman participate in a round table discussion of the U.S. Department of Labor's 2012 findings on [[Unfree labour|forced labor]] and [[human trafficking]], September 30, 2013]]
Herman served as co-chair of Democratic presidential nominee [[John Kerry|John Kerry's]] transition team during the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2004/10/21/kerry_maps_postelection_plan/|title=Kerry maps postelection plan - The Boston Globe|last=Fournier|first=Ron|date=October 21, 2004|website=archive.boston.com|language=en|access-date=December 30, 2017}}</ref> In 2005, [[Howard Dean]], serving as [[Democratic National Committee]] Chairman, appointed Herman and lawyer [[James Roosevelt, Jr. (lawyer)|James Roosevelt, Jr.]] co-chairs of its Rules and Bylaws Committee.<ref name="Parsons, Christi, Inside a party's">{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/05/30/inside-a-partys-family-feud/|title=Inside a party's family feud|last=Parsons|first=Christi|date=May 30, 2008|work=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|access-date=January 21, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90957574&ft=1&f=1102|title=Who's Who on the Rules and Bylaws Committee|last=Cook|first=Nancy|date=May 29, 2008|newspaper=NPR.org|access-date=January 21, 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/5/3/5655/00889 MyDD: Vote Counting the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604013642/http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/5/3/5655/00889 |date=June 4, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/31/dems.delegates/index.html|title=It's decision day for Democrats|last1=Crowley|first1=Candy|date=May 31, 2009|work=cnn.com|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531160733/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/31/dems.delegates/index.html|archive-date=May 31, 2008|last2=Hornick|first2=Ed|last3=Mooney|first3=Alexander|last4=Preston|first4=Mark|last5=Rubin|first5=Josh|last6=Schneider|first6=Bill}}</ref> The position put Herman and Roosevelt at the center of a dispute between the campaigns of democratic primary candidates [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] over whether to seat delegates from Michigan and Florida at the [[2008 Democratic National Convention]].<ref name="Parsons, Christi, Inside a party's" /> Herman endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 [[Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016|Democratic Party Presidential primaries]] and served as Deputy Parliamentarian at the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/clinton-gains-support-170-african-american-women-leaders-n510846|title=Clinton Gains Support From 170 African American Women Leaders|last=Cottman|first=Michael|date=February 3, 2016|work=NBC News|access-date=January 23, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.golocalprov.com/politics/new-raimondo-named-one-of-six-democratic-convention-co-chairs|title=NEW: Raimondo Named One of Six Democratic Convention Co-Chairs|last=Nagle|first=Kate|date=July 25, 2016|work=GoLocalProv|access-date=January 23, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

From 2001 to 2006, Herman was chairwoman of [[The Coca-Cola Company]]'s Human Resources Task Force. The following year, Coca-Cola made her a director. Herman served on [[Toyota]]'s Diversity Advisory Board.<ref name="toyota">{{Cite news|url=https://www.toyota.com/usa/diversity/|title=Workplace Diversity, Inclusion & Recognition|work=Toyota USA|access-date=January 13, 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 2006, the company appointed her to head a special task force to ensure the company's compliance with anti-discrimination standards following the resignation of Toyota North America's CEO, after being named the defendant in a [[sexual harassment]] lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/09/AR2006050900212.html|title=Toyota President Steps Down Amid Lawsuit|last=Kageyama|first=Yuri|date=May 9, 2006|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 27, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Herman served on the boards of other major companies, including [[Cummins]], [[MGM Resorts International]], [[Entergy]], [[Sodexo]], and was the chairman and CEO of New Ventures, Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.energy.gov/contributors/alexis-herman|title=Alexis Herman Former Secretary of Labor|website=www.energy.gov|language=en|access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref>

In 2010, Herman was appointed to the board of the [[Clinton Bush Haiti Fund]], a charitable organization founded by Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to aid [[Haiti]] following a [[2010 Haiti earthquake|magnitude 7.0&nbsp;M<sub>w</sub> earthquake]] in January of that year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hopethroughhealinghands.org/press-releases?ID=7f2024f5-0ba4-4cb4-983c-c6e12239a198|title=Clinton Bush Haiti Fund Appoints Board of Directors and CEO|date=March 10, 2010|work=Hope Through Healing Hands|access-date=January 27, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Herman was also involved with civic groups including the [[National Urban League]] and the National Epilepsy Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/aah/herman-alexis-margaret-1947|title=Herman, Alexis Margaret (1947-- )|last=Venable|first=Cecilia Gutierrez|website=www.blackpast.org|date=September 16, 2013|language=en|access-date=January 27, 2018}}</ref>