Joel Kravetz

Joel Kravetz, currently Acting Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Staff (EEOS), Justice Management Division (JMD), Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) joined the Department as Assistant Director, EEO Complaints Management, EEOS, JMD, DOJ, in April of 2019.  As Assistant Director, he supervised a staff charged with timely and effectively processing informal and formal EEO complaints, drafting quarterly and annual NO FEAR Act reports, the EEOC’s 462 Report, and performing other EEO functions such as training, record-keeping, policy development or review, and collaboration regarding EEO case management with other DOJ components.  Prior to joining DOJ, Mr. Kravetz served as the Civil Rights Program Manager at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2013 until 2019, leading a team of staff who performed similar EEO case processing functions.  Between 1997 and 2013, Mr. Kravetz worked for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  First, he served as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Federal Operations (OFO), drafting appellate decisions and assisting the Director of OFO with developing and delivering EEO outreach and training.  Mr. Kravetz subsequently served as an Administrative Judge in the Commission’s Washington Field Office.  In 2003, Mr. Kravetz was detailed to the United States Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., where he served as an Assistant United States Attorney prosecuting criminal cases in D.C. Superior Court.  In the fall of 2010, Mr. Kravetz was detailed to EEOC Headquarters where he served as both the Acting National Hearings Coordinator and an Administrative Judge until 2013.