Karen Scharff

Background

Scharff, Karen was born on October 15, 1957 in New York City. Daughter of Matthew Daniel and Carol Heid Scharff.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1979.

Career

Community organizer Brown Long Associates, Aiken, New York, 1979-1980, Connecticut Citizen Action Group, Hatford, 1980-1983. Organizing director New York Community Action Netowrk, New York City, 1983-1984. Executive director Citizen Action New York, New York City, Albany, since 1984.

Consultant New York State Nurses Association, Albany, 1994-1996.

Achievements

• Karen Scharff has been listed as a noteworthy organization executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Executive and state committees member Working Families Party, New York, since 1998. Delegate for Jesse Jackson, National Democratic Convention, 1988.

Connections

Married James Edward Coe, September 6, 1987. Children: Jonah Bartels Coe-Scharff, Rachel Sylvia Coe-Scharff.

Father:

Matthew Daniel

Mother:

Carol Heid Scharff

Spouse:

James Edward Coe

child:

Jonah Bartels Coe-Scharff

child:

Rachel Sylvia Coe-Scharff