Karen Green has an extensive and diverse background in community action projects: Placer County Tobacco Coalition, GATEWAY a Placer County committee helping pregnant and parenting teens, Auburn Children’s Psychology Services Board, Youth Violence Prevention Symposium Planning Committee, Restorative Justice Steering Committee, Placer County Elder and Dependant Adult Abuse Task Force, and Placer Dispute Resolution Services Board Member.
As a member of the W. K. Kellogg Consortium, Karen was a Western States representative to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s five-year program ($5.1 million dollars) to facilitate volunteerism in the United States. She co-authored the manual “Volunteers Who Serve on Boards, Councils, and Committees.”She currently serves as the counselor on the School Attendance Mediation teams.
Karen has served as an advisor to the Placer County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission. Her experience with the juvenile justice system was recognized when she was placed on the California Attorney General’s Youth Council on Violence Prevention (1997-1998). She served as the coordinator of Placer County Peer Court for over 20 years and was a member of the California Judicial Council Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee. Karen serves as the treasurer of the California Association of Youth Courts and is the Past President of the National Association of Youth Courts.
A graduate of the University of California, Davis, with a Master’s Degree in Psychology and School Counseling from the University of LaVerne, Karen established her own business, CONNECTIONS, School Counseling, College and Career Advising following her years as a public high school counselor.
