Biography
Karen Fulbright-Anderson focuses on developing, synthesizing, and distilling knowledge about community change efforts. Previously, she was director of research for the Vera Institute of Justice. Karen has extensive experience in the philanthropic sector, having worked at the Ford Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund where she developed funding strategies for young people in high poverty communities. Karen has been a faculty member at The New School and a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She is currently on the board of trustees for the Institute for Community Peace and YouthBuild, USA, and a member of the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Youth Board, the DYCD Workforce Investment Board Youth Council, and the MIT School of Architecture and Planning Visiting Committee.
