Rev Karen Brammer was ordained as a UU minister in 1998. She has served as minister of three smaller congregations, and then became a small congregations specialist for the Unitarian Universalist Association through Congregational Life staff. For the past 6 years she has managed the Green Sanctuary Program and now serves as UUA Senior Associate for Climate Justice. Rev Karen lives about an hour north of Poughkeepsie supporting her aging parents as she continues as UUA staff.