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  • National Staff

Kara Leslie

Position: Director of Institutional Partnerships | National

Pronouns: She|Her

MY PHOTO:
Muir Beach, CA. | I feel more grounded and connected to nature when on this hike, my favorite in Northern California, which winds through Green Gulch Farm and ends at Muir Beach.

MY BIO:

Kara is motivated to work in service of young people in order to ensure they have equitable access to the opportunities necessary to achieve their personal and professional goals. Kara brings to Summer Search more than six years’ experience supporting nonprofits in fine arts, filmmaking, and education. Most recently, she served as the Associate Director of Institutional Giving at the Center for Youth Wellness, where she leveraged the philanthropy of foundations and corporations to support the advancement of the medical community and broader public in recognizing the effects of exposure to adversity on children’s health.

Kara holds two B.As in Film Studies and Public Relations from Loyola University Chicago and serves on the board of The Women’s Building in San Francisco. She hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, and when not at work, enjoys cooking, traveling, karaoke-ing, and going to the movies.

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