Karyn Strickler is founder & president of Vote Climate U.S. PAC (voteclimatepac.org) and has executive-level experience leading successful issue advocacy, congressional, U.S. Senate and statewide, ballot measure campaigns. Karyn has done training work on the national, and international levels. In 2014 Vote Climate U.S. PAC won 100% of their top priority U.S. Senate races and 83% of U.S. House and Senate races combined. The mission of Vote Climate U.S. PAC is to get off fossil fuels and pass federal legislation to put a fee on carbon to slow climate change.

Under Karyn’s leadership as executive director, MD NARAL made history passing legislation to put the principles of Roe v. Wade onto Maryland’s law books. "Abortion Politics in American States," calls Karyn a “gifted grassroots organizer.” As executive director of the MDNARAL PAC, Karyn won 100% of targeted state senate races in Maryland creating a pro-choice, supermajority. Karyn was the finance director for Congressman Chris Van Hollen’s (MD-8) breakthrough race, raising an historic amount of money.

Karyn was the executive director of the national Endangered Species Coalition. She hosted and produced the first and only TV show ever, dedicated exclusively to climate change, called "Climate Challenge." She worked in Botswana Africa to train women in the campaign skills necessary to run for public office, doubling the number of women in Parliament in a single election cycle. She is a worldwide lecturer on grassroots organizing and fundraising for United States Department of State. Karyn Strickler earned her BA in Political Science at McDaniel College, where she was a member of Pi Gamma Mu, an international social science honor society.

Karyn is a Chesapeakeman, Ironman triathlon, age-group champion with 140.6 total miles of swimming (2.4mi.), biking (112 mi.) and running (26.2 mi.).

AREAS OF EXPERTISE ♣ Political, Electoral & Advocacy Campaigns ♣ Organizational & Leadership Development ♣ Legislative & Political Strategy ♣ Public Policy & Lobbying ♣ Fundraising & Budgeting ♣ Community Grassroots Organizing ♣ Strategic Planning ♣ Message Development ♣ Writing ♣ Board & Committee Development ♣ Public Speaking ♣ National & International Training ♣ Communications ♣ Media & Public Relations ♣ Membership Recruitment ♣ Staff Recruitment & Development ♣ Coalition Building