Karen Paterson

Karen Paterson is a Director of the Moxie Foundation, a San Diego-based foundation promoting social change through innovation in higher education, global development, climate initiatives, and medical research. Karen leads the organization’s work in the development sector and serves on the Acumen, Global Communities, and Street Business School boards. Karen was the managing partner of two real estate development companies in San Diego. She also spent two decades in marketing, holding senior executive positions in niche ad agencies and large department store chains before co-founding The Sutherland Agency, a global advertising agency in San Diego. Karen received a Bachelor of Art in Economics from Antioch College.