Karen has designed and led large scale science and technology programs for Defence both in the U.S. and Australia, CSIRO (Australia’s national science agency) and the Minderoo Foundation. Most recently, Karen spearheaded the development of the Minderoo Foundation’s Fire and Flood Resilience strategy, a series of cross-cutting, outcome-focused missions designed to drive a step change in Australia’s resilience to fires and floods. As part of this, Karen led the delivery of multiple projects aimed to improve national wildfire technology capabilities in collaboration with fire agencies across Australia.