Background
Karu, Gilda Mall was born on December 1, 1951 in Oceanport, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Harold and Ilvy (Meriloo) Karu.
federal agency administrator lawyer
Karu, Gilda Mall was born on December 1, 1951 in Oceanport, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Harold and Ilvy (Meriloo) Karu.
AB, Vassar College, 1974. Juris Doctor, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1987.
Quality control reviewer Food and Nutrition Service United States Department of Agriculture, Robbinsville, New Jersey, 1974-1977, team leader, 1977-1978, supervisor, 1978-1981, section chief Food and Nutrition Service Chicago, 1991-2000, acting director field operations, 1998, acting director food stamp program, 1999, regional director civil rights/Equal Employment Opportunity for midwest region Food and Nutrition Service, since 2000. Employer adviser Center Rehabilitation and Training Disable Persons, Chicago, 1986—1993. Chief management negotiator collective bargaining agreement National Treasury Employees Union, 1990.
Acting regional director Food Stamp program, 1999, 2000. Chairman diversity advisory committee Chicago Federal Executive Board, since 2001, co-mediator shared neutrals ADR program, since 2003.
Board of directors, legal counsel, regional director North Control Estonian American National.Coun., New York City. Vice president 1st Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chicago, treasurer, since 1994. Member Chicago Volunteer Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, Friends of Arlington Heights Memorial Library.
Volunteer deputy voter registration officer Cook County, Illinois. Executive Board Arlington Heights-Mount Prospect-Buffalo Grove area League of Women Voters. Member American Bar Association, American Association of University Women, NAFE, League of Women Voters (board directors since 1992), Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Baltic Bar Association, United Council on Welfare Fraud, International Platform Association, National Audubon Society, Chicago Area Seven Sisters College Consortium (secretary since 1995), Mensa, Vassar Club (chapter treasurer 1988-1990, vice president 1990-1991, coordinator public relations since 1991).
Married Frederick F. Foy, May 23, 1981.