Karen joined Rainbow Acres in February 2025 as the Director of Advancement. She is an accomplished senior-level nonprofit leader with over 25 years of fundraising and management experience in healthcare, higher education, foundation, and community service organizations. Karen’s comprehensive fundraising experience includes major gifts, planned giving, donor development, annual and capital campaigns, corporate giving, grants, special events, direct mail, and marketing. She is a strong relationship builder with donors, volunteer leaders, and key stakeholders.

She is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE); she has received Major Gifts and Capital Campaign Certifications from the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy’s Madison Institute at the University of Wisconsin. Karen is a native of Pittsburgh, PA and a graduate of West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism and Business Management. She previously held Development Leadership roles at Catholic Charities, Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Barrow Neurological Institute, Banner Health Foundation, Arizona State University, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, American Diabetes Association, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Karen is married and has two adult children and three fur babies. She enjoys horseback riding, trail riding, attending horse shows and rodeo events, listening to country music, attending concerts and sports events, and cheering on her favorite sports team – the Pittsburgh Steelers!