Scholar Profile

Karen Li

Finance

Biography

Karen is a systems changer working at the intersection of business and social impact.

She has experience in startups, project management, business development finance, partnership development, global communications, consulting, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and policy work. Currently, she works in public finance where she and her team are building from the ground up the newest housing underwriting group at HilltopSecurities. She is also the Business Development Lead for SubWire, a startup that aims to amplify community events and bring participants together via a shared platform.

In her free time, she loves experimenting and trying new foods, traveling (she went to Taiwan for 6 months to study Mandarin on a language fellowship), connecting with new people, and working out.

High school:  Brooklyn Technical High School

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