Karen Paterson

Biography

As president of Stone Steps Foundation, Karen is focused on advancing economic and social justice through bold and sustainable solutions to the problems of poverty. She partners with frontline social innovators to support change at scale. Prior to Stone Steps, Karen was a founding director of Moxie Foundation in San Diego, CA where she led the organization's impact-driven initiatives in global development and social entrepreneurship for nine years. In addition to her work in philanthropy she had a long career in marketing, including senior exec positions in niche ad agencies and large department store chains before co-founding The Sutherland Agency, a southern California advertising agency where she was CEO.

Karen is on the board of Acumen and a trustee of Global Communities; recent board service includes Street Business School and Project Concern International (PCI).