Karen Ansara

Biography

Karen and her husband, Jim, make grants for global health systems, women’s empowerment, and deep poverty, especially in Haiti. Karen is founder and Board Chair of Network of Engaged International Donors (NEID Global), a national network of 350 philanthropists, foundations, advisors and impact investors investing to solve global problems. After the 2010 earthquake, Karen cofounded the Haiti Fund at the Boston Foundation, now the Haiti Development Institute (HDI). Karen serves on the boards of MCE Social Capital, Women Moving Millions, Groundswell International, and Build Health International (founded by her husband, Jim), and as Board Emeritus for HDI. Karen was a Fellow and Senior Fellow at the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative in 2023 and 2024, is a graduate of Wellesley College and Andover Newton Theological School (MDiv) and lives in Essex, MA USA.