Karen Bradford

Karen Bradford is an award-winning writer, public-relations planner, and photographer whose work has ranged from an archaeology and paleontology museum to cyberspace forensics. She was the public​ relations manager for The Press-Enterprise and a campus communications officer at the University of California, Riverside. Her degrees are a bachelor of arts in photojournalism and a master of arts in public relations.

Ms. Bradford was appointed to and chaired the Riverside County Commission for Women, officially advising the county's board of supervisors on matters of county women and their families; chaired several nonprofit boards; currently serves as a board director for Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center, and was honored on the Riverside County YWCA's centennial as a Woman of Achievement. She coordinated local and international grants and scholarships through her membership in Rotary International and contributed as a volunteer photojournalist on Rotary medical missions in India, Peru, and Venezuela. Karen has traveled extensively through the world, often alone, and has found kindness in every culture.

Her goals for JUSD are that each student graduates, is encouraged to seek vocational or higher education, and is prepared for adulthood.​