Karen Sessions is a Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). She was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate to serve a seven-year term expiring August 18, 2033. She was sworn in on August 19, 2026.
Prior to joining the Commission, Commissioner Sessions served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation, where she led Department-wide initiatives involving organizational structure, technology, shared services, and operational modernization.
Previously, Commissioner Sessions served as Vice President of Congressional and Public Affairs at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the U.S. foreign assistance agency focused on economic development, institutional reform, and global partnerships.
Commissioner Sessions’s private-sector career spans nearly three decades and includes senior leadership positions in telecommunications, technology, artificial intelligence, and infrastructure, with experience in emerging technologies, cybersecurity, wireless and fiber infrastructure, cloud and data-center infrastructure, and next-generation connectivity.
She served as a City Commissioner and Vice Mayor of Winter Park, Florida.
Commissioner Sessions earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Florida.