Karen Ansara
2023 ALI Fellow

Karen Ansara brings to ALI a distinguished record of addressing global poverty. After adopting four children, Karen and her husband Jim established a philanthropic fund to address the deep poverty that leads families to surrender their children. To inspire more international philanthropy, Karen launched the Network of Engaged International Donors (NEID Global) in 2008, a learning and grantmaking community of 180+ philanthropists, foundations, and impact investors. Karen co-founded the Haiti Fund at the Boston Foundation after the 2010 earthquake, now the Haiti Development Institute (HDI). Currently, Karen serves on the boards of MCE Social Capital, Women Moving Millions, Groundswell International, and Build Health International.