Karen Santora
Share Our Strength
Karen Santora is the Senior Operations Manager of Culinary Events for Share our Strength, a national nonprofit that is ending childhood hunger in America. Karen leads the logistics for over 40 Taste of the Nation® for No Kid Hungry and No Kid Hungry Dinner events annually, including revenue management, volunteer engagement, national sponsorship activation, and event excellence standards. Karen previously worked on national operations for Share our Strength’s Cooking Matters® program, ran communications and field operations in non-profit electoral politics, and as a culinary instructor and cook.
Karen holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Economics from American University and a Culinary Arts Degree from Johnson and Wales University. Originally from Chicago, IL, Karen currently lives in Washington, DC with her husband, Michael.