Jetaun S. Stevens, Esq.

Jetaun is the Deputy Director of Higher Education and a Senior Staff Attorney at

Public Advocates where she advocates for equity in the Higher Education system.

She leads the team's advocacy and enforcement work on developmental education

reform policy in the community college system. She also leads the team's work on

affordable student housing including leading the California Affordable Student

Housing Coalition. Prior to joining Public Advocates, she represented youth in the

Sacramento county child welfare system for nine years.

Jetaun prides herself on being of service to her community in both her professional

and private life. She is a past president of the Greater Sacramento Urban League

Young Professionals and former board member of the Greater Sacramento Urban

League. She is also an Alumni of the New Leaders Council-Sacramento Chapter

(2017). She is also a member of the Wiley Manuel Bar Association, the California

Black Lawyers Association and the National Bar Association. She is a senior fellow of

the Nehemiah Emerging Leaders Program, Class XIII and currently serves on the

board of several nonprofit organizations.

She received her J.D. degree from Santa Clara University in 2009 where she was on

the Dean’s List. She received her B.A. degree in English from Alabama A&M

University in 2005 where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. She is an inaugural

recipient of the California Black Women’s Collective Trailblazer Hall of Fame Award.

She is a native of Sacramento and spends her free time with her two chorkies Bella

and Baer.