Advisory Board Vice-Chair
Karen is the Deputy Attorney General for Division of Consumer Advocate in the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office. In this role, she manages and supervises the work of the Consumer Advocate Division which focuses on proceedings before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission (TPUC). The Consumer Advocate seeks to enforce laws applicable to public utilities, to remove barriers to competition in public utilities markets, and to seek a healthy balance between regulation, competition, and the public interest. It participates in regulatory proceedings before TPUC, and monitors complaints filed against various utilities in the state.
Karen began her legal career with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation where she held various titles and job responsibilities including Deputy Commissioner of Environment, Assistant Commissioner, Managing Legal Counsel and Deputy General Counsel. She also previously worked in the Attorney General’s Office in the Law Enforcement and Prosecution Division.
Karen is a graduate of Mississippi University for Women, where she majored in Biology. She attended law school at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis.
Karen is currently the Secretary for the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) and also the Chair to the Water Committee. The NASUCA Water Committee hosts speakers multiple times during the year and provides speakers to NASUCA’s annual and midyear meetings.