About Karen
Karen Constine provides strategic counsel, public affairs, and management consulting to arts & culture, entertainment, and economic development nonprofits, government agencies, and corporate clients.
Karen's leadership credentials include serving as Interim General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; Senior Policy Analyst of Arts and Culture to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; a statewide gubernatorial appointment by California Governor Gray Davis as the Director of the California Film Commission; Chief of Staff to Los Angeles City Councilmember Laura Chick. Karen also served as Public Affairs Manager-Corporate Contributions position for a major California utility holding company.
Karen has consulted for such clients as the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation, City of Beverly Hills/Community Services Division, City of Los Angeles/Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Pasadena/Cultural Affairs Division, City of West Hollywood/Art & Cultural Affairs Commission, The Colburn School, Community Redevelopment Agency/LA (CRA/LA), FilmL.A. Inc., Frieze LA, The J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles Festival, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board, Meta Housing, Tierra Del Sol, Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation, and Warner Bros.
Utilizing her broad public affairs and management experience – particularly in the cultural sector – Karen brings about positive change, develops programs, and enhances partnership opportunities for clients. Karen also maintains close ties and works collaboratively with elected officials, businesses, nonprofits, community organizations, thought leaders, curators, and artists. Karen frequently works with organizations where arts and culture are intrinsically linked and tied to economic and community development programs and strategies.
Karen is active in volunteer civics and cultural philanthropy, including membership in the Prints & Drawings Council of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and has also served on several nonprofits' advisory boards, including LA><ART. An arts advocate, Karen is also a member of Americans for the Arts, California for the Arts and Arts for L.A. A native of Los Angeles, Karen earned a BA in Communication Studies from UC Santa Barbara.