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Thais Burlew
Director of Office of Equal Employment OpportunityThais Burlew is director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity. Before joining FCA in September 2011, she served as executive manager in the Office of EEO and Inclusiveness at the U.S. Postal Service. From 2001 to 2008, Ms. Burlew held several positions at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, including attorney advisor to Chair Naomi Churchill-Earp and acting chief for the Intake and Compliance Branch. Prior to this, she served as advocate for the Housing and Consumer Law Clinic and for the Juvenile Special Education Clinic. Ms. Burlew earned a Juris Doctor magna cum laude from David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia, where she served as managing and associate editor of the school’s law review. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from Middle Tennessee State University.