Darlene Sweeney-Newbern

Darlene Sweeney-Newbern is the Toledo Regional Director of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. She has over 14 years experience in investigating and supervising fair housing and employment issues. She has investigated and/or supervised insurance redlining charges filed against Farmers Insurance, Nationwide Insurance, Allstate Insurance, State Farm Insurance, and Prudential Insurance to name a few.

Ms. Newbern has worked closely with the Attorney General’s Office in Ohio, Advocacy groups and Civil Rights Enforcement agency in Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Ohio to expedite, educate, train and provide assistance in investigating all types of housing charges. Ms. Newbern has been a presenter at the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) National Fair Housing Conferences in 2000, 2002 and 2003 as well as various conferences around the United States. Ms. Sweeney-Newbern received a bachelor degree of business from the University of Toledo.