Karen Katz is the Program Director of FoCUS. Previous to FoCUS, Karen was the Director, Intellectual Property Programs, Suffolk University Law School where she developed on-line educational programming, conducted public and academic conferences and created a masters level degree focused on the biopharma industry. Karen practiced law at Hale & Dorr, Crowell & Moring and was in-house counsel at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, DC. She presently serves on the board of Addgene, and previously served on the boards of BioBuilder, The Capital Network and MassMedical Angels. She worked in the healthcare and law practices at Korn/Ferry International, was part of the teams at LawCorps and Pangea3 (sold to TMP Worldwide/Monster and Thomson Reuters respectively) and was recognized by the Boston Business Journal for her achievements in the business community. She obtained her law degree from Boston University School of Law where she was on the law review and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.