Charleon Jeffries joined Penn State's Division of Development and Alumni Relations (DDAR) as the inaugural director of diversity, equity and inclusion in May of 2018. Prior to that, she served as the university's diversity educator in the Affirmative Action Office from 2013-2018 and had 11 years of progressively more significant roles in the College of Education's Office of Multicultural Programs, concluding with serving as multicultural coordinator from 2011 to 2013.

In addition to her Penn State experience, Jeffries served as director of the Pennsylvania Future Educators Association from 2006 to 2011. She has been active with the President's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, the Penn State Council of College Multicultural Leadership, and was founder and advisor to the Multicultural Education Student Association. She is active in the community, as well, having just completed training of more than 700 faculty, staff and administrators in the State College Area School District addressing the influence and impact of unconscious bias, and has served as counselor advocate and trainer for the Center County Women's Resource Center. She recently accepted a position on the board of the Centre Region Community Diversity Group as the director of their education and outreach initiatives.

Jeffries is a two time graduate of Penn State with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in education.