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Karen J. Collins
Chief Diversity Officer
The First American Corporation
Karen J. Collins has been a driving force in the corporate culture and overall success of The First
American Corporation since she joined First American in 1988. Under her leadership and with
the full support of The First American Corporation, First American is actively forging an
enterprise-wide cultural diversity and inclusion strategy.
The cultural diversity strategy is designed specifically to foster an environment where all people
are valued, challenged to think as leaders and are engaged for their diverse viewpoints,
experiences, talents and ideas. This initiative, championed by Collins, will promote First
American’s more than thirty-thousand employee workforce and its suppliers to transform the way
its customers, investors, and communities served view and value First American.
Prior to her current position, Collins managed senior-level strategic sales professionals and served
as a senior strategist leading the direction of First American’s Client Relations division. She
served as senior vice president and director of sales for strategic accounts, providing focus to First
American’s sales organization, which serves mortgage lending and servicing organizations, and
spans many of the company’s key business segments. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business
Administration from North Carolina A & T State University where she is also a Board of Trustee
member and has completed executive education curriculum at the University of Chicago.
Collins frequently speaks on leadership panels around the country and serves on various advisory
councils. She is also a past recipient of the National Eagle Leadership Institute’s CareerFOCUS
Eagle Award which is presented annually to a select group of African American and Latino
executives who embody excellence in both corporate and community leadership. She and her
family reside in the Chicagoland area.
The First American Corporation, a FORTUNE 500 ® company with revenues of $8.2 billion in
2007, combines advanced analytics with its vast data resources to supply businesses and
consumers with valuable information products to support the major economic events of people’s
lives, such as getting a job, renting an apartment, buying a car or house, securing a mortgage and
opening or buying a business.