Karen Horowitz is the Director of Volunteer & Internship Engagement for Northern Virginia Family Services (NVFS) and has been with the agency in volunteer management and fundraising roles since 2009. In her current role, Karen implements best practices in volunteer administration throughout the agency by streamlining the volunteer onboarding process, enhancing support for staff to effectively engage volunteers, significantly increasing volunteer involvement, engaging volunteers more strategically, and adapting along the way to increase the agency’s capacity and impact.
She has spent her career in the nonprofit sector focusing on volunteer management, building community partnerships and fundraising. Prior to joining NVFS, she worked for Second Story and the Northern Virginia Chapter of MADD. Karen is a Northern Virginia native and graduate of George Mason University and the Leadership Fairfax class of 2010.