Karlene S. Stevens, J.D.

Karlene Stevens is the Fair Housing Division Director for the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity where she enforces the Georgia Fair Housing Law and manages the Fair Housing Division. 

Stevens began her career as a migrant farmworker attorney with the Center for Arkansas Legal Services. This was followed by her tenure as the Managing Partner at the Florida law firm she founded in 1996. She has worked as a paralegal and an Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinator for The School District of Palm Beach County, Florida, the 10th largest school district in the country. Stevens is also a certified federal EEO investigator.

Stevens received her Juris Doctorate from Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, FL and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Processes & Disorders from the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Having served on the board of directors of various non-profit organizations, she plans to continue her public service in the metro Atlanta community.