Karen is the CEO of Full Stop Australia, a national organisation dedicated to putting a full stop to sexual, domestic and family violence.
Full Stop Australia is celebrating its 50-year anniversary since being funded to run the Sydney Rape Crisis Centre in 1974. The organisation now provides 1800 FULLSTOP a national helpline for people impacts by domestic, family and sexual violence, operates the NSW sexual Violence helpline, a national helpline for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and our Rainbow line for LGBTQ+ communities.
Full Stop has always been a strong advocate for law reform and policy development to end gender-based violence and continues to lobby governments and build support for social change. Full Stop operates training and consulting to support businesses, government, NFPs and educational institutions to respond to sexual harassment, support employees impacted by gendered violence and create trauma informed and supportive workplaces.
Karen is a passionate advocate for social justice, with =more than 30 years’ experience working across not-for-profit organisations, government and research institutions in executive leadership, strategy, advocacy, research, training, service delivery and community development.
Karen is currently the Chair of Mary’s House Services, a philanthropically funded domestic violence service in Sydney. She is a past president of the NSW Council of Social Services and previously sat of the boards of Youth Law Australia, the Intellectual Disability Rights Service and the Australian Council of Social Service.