Karen Laughlin

Karen Laughlin is the Climate Program Director at the Stolte Family Foundation, a position held since 2021. They co-founded and serve as the Executive Director of CURe - The Foundation for Compassionate Use Reform. Previously, Laughlin worked as a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. EPA and held roles as Program Officer for Climate & Clean Energy at the Heising-Simons Foundation and as a Senior Analyst at Climate Policy Initiative. Laughlin earned a Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University and holds an A.B. in Environmental Science & Policy from Duke University.