Karen Wood, B.S., C.P.A.

Board Treasurer

Pittsburgh, PA

Karen has served in many roles in the environmental and nonprofit communities in both Oregon and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she currently resides. Karen's work as a grassroots ancient forest protection activist in the 80's and 90's included advocacy and outreach on the necessity of wildfire in western forests and the damage caused by aggressive fire suppression and salvage logging operations. A bookkeeper specializing in nonprofits by trade, Karen served as board member or treasurer for several nonprofit organizations that were key participants in the movement to stop clearcutting of ancient forests. She continued those roles with several conservation organizations in the Pittsburgh area, where she entered public accounting and later served as a shared CFO for several environmental nonprofits where she earned the "CFO of the Year" award in 2019 from the Pittsburgh Business Times. Karen now works as the Senior Director of Finance for Manchester Bidwell Corporation, the parent organization of four other affiliated nonprofits. Karen is looking forward to using her experience with forest conservation and nonprofit finance to help FUSEE grow and reach its mission.