Eva Caldera currently serves as Chief Counsel to Commissioner Mary Boyle at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, where she provides policy and legal advice, contributing to leadership and decision-making at an essential federal agency charged with protecting the public from harmful consumer products and promoting product safety. While Chief Operating Officer/Associate Secretary of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, she managed and modernized the central dimensions of the Society’s operations (including strategic planning, programs, development, IT, finance and budget) and advanced the mission of the society as an advocate for the liberal arts and sciences in higher education. She was instrumental in sharpening the Society’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), as well as increasing the focus on ESG in the management of the organization’s endowment. Immediately before joining ΦBK, Eva served in the Obama Administration as Assistant Chair for Partnership and Strategic Initiatives at the National Endowment for the Humanities. She oversaw a number of signature NEH initiatives, including Bridging Cultures and The Common Good: Humanities in the Public Square.
