Karen first joined Land Together as a volunteer in 2015 and went on to serve as Program Facilitator, Administrative Manager, and Chief of Staff before transitioning into the role of Deputy Director in 2021. In 2025, Karen was appointed Interim Executive Director by the Land Together Board of Directors. Over the years, Karen has provided operations, strategic planning, and fundraising capacity building support to multiple California-based criminal justice reform groups. In 2016, she helped to found Transformative Programming Works, a statewide coalition of community-based organizations offering healing programs in California prisons. Karen’s work is dedicated to fostering inclusive community-building, promoting healing, and empowering those most affected by incarceration and systems of oppression.

Karen received a Master’s Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems from Tufts University, and earned her BA in Political Science from Marist College.