President Appoints New Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
 E. Scott Lloyd | Sources indicate that late last week, President Trump appointed Edward Scott Lloyd to be the new Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Lloyd, who goes by the name Scott, was born and raised in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Prior to joining ORR, he was Senior Policy Coordinator to the Knights of Columbus a Catholic fraternal and charitable organization, where he served as an attorney in the Public Policy office. In that capacity, he helped shape the organization’s humanitarian response and led its policy advocacy on behalf of the ethnic and religious minorities who are the victims of ISIS. |
Background on ORR. ORR provides resettlement services to refugees who have been admitted to the United States and aliens, individuals who have been granted asylum in the United States, individuals from Vietnam who are admitted to the U.S. as immigrants pursuant to section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988.
ORR also administers programs that provide assistance to aliens in the United States who are the victims of trafficking (these individuals also receive resettlement services); assistance alien torture victims who are found in the United States (these individuals also receive resettlement services); and care, custody and some post-release services for unaccompanied alien children in federal custody while their status is being resolved.
ORR is headed by a Director who is not subject to Senate confirmation. The most recent director of ORR was Bob Carey, who resigned the position at the close of the Obama Administration. The position has been temporarily filled since by Acting Director Ken Tota.
Background on Lloyd.. Before working for the Knight's of Columbus, Lloyd, previously worked in the General Counsel's Office of the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services during the Bush Administration, where he co-authored the 2008 "conscience rule" that protected doctors and other health services providers from coercion or intimidation. Later, at the General Law Division, he handled employment and medical malpractice defense litigation.
Lloyd also worked in private practice with the law firm of Wood, Maines, & Nolan, PC, in Arlington, Virginia, as Of Counsel. And he worked on Capitol Hill for the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources.
Lloyd earned his law degree at Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law. He received his undergraduate education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is a member of the Virginia Bar.
While at Catholic University, Scott served as a research assistant in the school's Law & Religion Program. In that capacity, Scott assisted in representing the Schiavo family during the famous case, Schindler v. Schiavo.
Prior to his appointment to ORR, Lloyd served on the Board of Directors of the Front Royal Pregnancy Center and is Vice Chairman and co-founder of the WitnessWorks Foundation for a Culture of Life. He was a contributing writer at HLI America, as well as Veritas Splendor and the Center for Morality in Public Life's Ethika Politka. Lloyd also was a member of the John Carroll Society, Brent Society and the Federalist Society.
Lloyd is licensed in Virginia, where he resides with his wife, Ann, and their six children.
ORR also administers programs that provide assistance to aliens in the United States who are the victims of trafficking (these individuals also receive resettlement services); assistance alien torture victims who are found in the United States (these individuals also receive resettlement services); and care, custody and some post-release services for unaccompanied alien children in federal custody while their status is being resolved.
ORR is headed by a Director who is not subject to Senate confirmation. The most recent director of ORR was Bob Carey, who resigned the position at the close of the Obama Administration. The position has been temporarily filled since by Acting Director Ken Tota.
Background on Lloyd.. Before working for the Knight's of Columbus, Lloyd, previously worked in the General Counsel's Office of the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services during the Bush Administration, where he co-authored the 2008 "conscience rule" that protected doctors and other health services providers from coercion or intimidation. Later, at the General Law Division, he handled employment and medical malpractice defense litigation.
Lloyd also worked in private practice with the law firm of Wood, Maines, & Nolan, PC, in Arlington, Virginia, as Of Counsel. And he worked on Capitol Hill for the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources.
Lloyd earned his law degree at Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law. He received his undergraduate education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is a member of the Virginia Bar.
While at Catholic University, Scott served as a research assistant in the school's Law & Religion Program. In that capacity, Scott assisted in representing the Schiavo family during the famous case, Schindler v. Schiavo.
Prior to his appointment to ORR, Lloyd served on the Board of Directors of the Front Royal Pregnancy Center and is Vice Chairman and co-founder of the WitnessWorks Foundation for a Culture of Life. He was a contributing writer at HLI America, as well as Veritas Splendor and the Center for Morality in Public Life's Ethika Politka. Lloyd also was a member of the John Carroll Society, Brent Society and the Federalist Society.
Lloyd is licensed in Virginia, where he resides with his wife, Ann, and their six children.