Karen holds a B.S. degree in Mass Communication (Spanish minor) from Miami University, Ohio. Her varied career includes two years as an agriculture volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps (Ecuador), five years as bilingual outreach coordinator and manager of the National Audubon Society’s Sabal Palm Grove Sanctuary, four years conducting U.S.-Mexico border coastal and freshwater policy analysis with the Texas Center for Policy Studies and the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, and four years implementing endangered species habitat restoration on private lands in the U.S. and Mexico with EDF Texas.
Karen's past recognitions and boards include: National Advisory Committee, Chair (advisory to U.S. EPA Administrator as a member of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation); the Good Neighbor Environmental Board; the Texas Regional Water Planning Committee; the Ohio State Technical Advisory Committee (to NRCS); Farm Services Agency State Wildlife Team and the Ohio Controlled Animal Feeding Facility Advisory Committee.
