Karen White is Senior Program Administrator at the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University. Prior to joining the Center, Karen worked for ten years at the Economic Policy Institute as assistant to the president. She has also worked with the Circuit Executive for the U.S. Court of Appeals and in the prosecuting attorney's office for Richmond, Virginia. She is an associate member of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Employees Local 70 in Washington DC, where she served as treasurer for two years.