Karen Pittman

Karen has made a career of starting organizations that promote youth development – including the Forum for Youth Investment, which she co-founded with Merita Irby in 1998. Karen stepped away from organizational management to dedicate her time to galvanizing the growing interest in using science informed strategies to truly change the odds that all children and youth can be successful. In 2021, Karen became a Partner in Knowledge to Power Catalysts, LLC; launched Changing the Odds Remix, a platform for sharpening ideas about how, where, when, why, with whom learning happens; and accepted senior advisory positions at several national organizations.