In-House Expert - Karen Gottlieb, Executive Director, AmeriCares Free Clinics
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Areas of Expertise:
- The health care crisis and the uninsured
- AmeriCares Free Clinics and effects on the uninsured
- Community engagement and volunteerism
- Partnerships to provide for the uninsured
Karen Gottlieb joined AmeriCares in 1994 and started the organization's first free clinic in Norwalk, Connecticut to meet the growing health care needs of the state's uninsured. She was named Executive Director of AmeriCares Free Clinics in 1996. Under her leadership, AmeriCares opened two additional clinics in Connecticut – one in Danbury and another in Bridgeport.
Karen oversees and directs all activities of the three clinics, including program development, recruitment of staff and volunteers, training, community awareness and fundraising. She also develops the strategic vision and plan for overall growth and development for AmeriCares Free Clinics. Prior to joining AmeriCares, Karen served as a critical care instructor, established and directed a multidisciplinary cardiac rehabilitation program and started a cardiac rehabilitation association for the state of Connecticut.
She received a nursing degree from Russell Sage College as well as a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University. Karen has appeared on CNN, Fox News, News 12, WTNH – TV in New Haven, CT, and WLAD Radio in Danbury, CT. She has also been interviewed by The Associated Press, the Hartford Courant, The (Danbury) News-Times, The (Norwalk) Hour, and The (Stamford) Advocate.
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