About Karen Holman
Karen Holman
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone: (650) 444-4017
Email: karen.holman@cityofpaloalto.org
Personal
- Born in Carthage, Missouri
- Moved to Palo Alto in 1975
- Divorced, no children
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Arkansas, Graphic Arts
Council Service
- Elected to City Council, 2009, 2014
- Mayor, 2015
- Member, Council Appointed Officers Committee, 2011-13, 2016-17
- Chair, Council Appointed Officers Committee, 2011, 2016-17
- Member, Finance Committee, 2014, 2016-17
- Member, Policy and Services Committee, 2010-13, 2018
- Chair, Policy and Services Committee, 2011
- Member, Palo Alto History Museum Fundraising Auxiliary Committee, 2018
- Member, Regional Housing Mandate Committee, 2012-14
- Chair, Regional Housing Mandate Committee, 2013
- Chair, City-School Liaison Committee, 2017-18
- Liaison, Historic Resources Board, 2016-18
- Liaison, Human Relations Commission, 2012
- Liaison, Library Advisory Commission, 2018
- Liaison, Parks & Recreation Commission, 2010-11
- Liaison, Public Art Commission, 2013-14, 2016 (Alternate)
- Liaison, Palo Alto Youth Council, 2017
- Liaison, Project Safety Net, 2017
- Alternate, Neighbors Broad, 2018
- League of California Cities, Peninsula Division, 2013-14
- Liaison, Palo Alto Housing Corporation, 2010-11, 2017-18 (Alternate)
- Liaison, California Avenue Area Development Association, 2013-14
- Liaison, SCVWD Lower Peninsula Flood Control & Watershed Advisory Committee, 2013
- Member, Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), 2010
- Liaison, California Avenue Business Association, 2013, 2016
- Member, Santa Clara Valley Water District Commission, 2010-12
Community Service
- Eight years on the Palo Alto Planning & Transportation Commission
- Two-term Chair of the Planning & Transportation Commission
- Co-chair, South of Forest Working Group
- Co-chair Mid-Peninsula Regional Open Space Advisory Committee, 2015-16
- Member, Palo Alto Zero Waste Task Force
- Member, Acterra Zero Waste Working Group
- Member, Palo Alto Women's Club Board
- Alumna, Leadership Palo Alto
- President, Board Member, and Docent, Palo Alto Stanford Heritage
- Board Member, Palo Alto Historical Association
- Board Member, University South Neighborhood Association
- Tutor, East Palo Alto Reading Program
Professional Experience
- Graphics Department, Glenn, Bozell, & Jacobs, Dallas, Texas
- Graphic Designer, Tracy Locke Advertising, Dallas Texas
- Graphic Designer, Art Director, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Graphics Department Manager, Lawrence & Lierle, Palo Alto, CA
- Graphics Department Manager, Bozell & Jacobs, Palo Alto, CA
- Production Manager, Hodskins, Simone, & Searls, Palo Alto, CA
- Owner: Graphic Design, Project and Production Management Businesses Production Manager, Lena Chow Advertising, Palo Alto, CA
- Director, Palo Alto History Museum
- Preservation and Conservation Land Use Consultant