Karen Warner

Karen Warner is the founder and CEO of BEAM Circular, a hub for circular bioeconomy innovation and biomanufacturing scale-up in California’s agricultural heartland. Karen began her career in global health, building health system strengthening programs in the US and East Africa. She went on to serve in a variety of nonprofit, governmental, and private sector roles focused on social impact and public-private partnerships, including in the Office of the Governor of Colorado and at leading medical device company Medtronic. In 2018 she moved back to the San Joaquin Valley of California, where she was born and raised, and served as District Chief of Staff for Congressman Josh Harder prior to launching BEAM Circular. Karen has a BA in Human Biology and MBA from Stanford University, and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.