Nathan M. Seidman Named Regional Director for Region 20—San Francisco, CA, and Honolulu, HI

General Counsel Crystal S. Carey announced Nathan M. Seidman as the new Regional Director for the Agency’s Region 20 Office in San Francisco, California. As Regional Director, Mr. Seidman will lead the Region in its administration of elections, investigation of unfair labor practice charges, mentoring of staff, and partnership with headquarters to advance Agency initiatives and strengthen service to the public. He will also continue to ensure the protection of workers’ right to act collectively, when they choose, to improve their wages and working conditions. Mr. Seidman will be responsible for administration of the National Labor Relations Act in northern California, Hawai‘i, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Mr. Seidman received his B.A. in Economics with a specialization in Organizational Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996, and his M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Management from the University of Baltimore in 2004. After working for seven years as an investigator with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, Mr. Seidman began his career with the Agency in 2005 as a Field Examiner in the Washington, DC Resident Office. In 2012, he was promoted to Supervisory Field Examiner in the Agency’s Baltimore Regional Office. In 2015, Mr. Seidman was appointed Assistant to the Regional Director in the Agency’s Downtown Los Angeles Regional Office, where he served until his voluntary early retirement in September 2025. “I am very grateful that Nathan chose to come out of retirement, return to the Agency, and fill this critical role,” General Counsel Carey commented.

“I have known Nathan since we worked together in Region 5,” said General Counsel Carey. “He is a dedicated public servant who cares deeply about the Agency and the workers we protect. His professionalism and fairness toward all who appear before the Agency have always impressed me. Region 20 is fortunate to have Nathan at the helm, and I look forward to working with him again and ensuring that the rights of America’s workers are protected.”