Karen E. Leies began serving as President & CEO of The Seeing Eye on November 1, 2024. Karen has more than 25 years of experience with non-profit organizations. Previously. she was Chief of External Affairs at Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ), the state’s largest anti-hunger organization. Prior to that, she was the Senior Director of Development at the New York City Ballet. She also held executive positions at the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and is a volunteer with CFBNJ’s Women Fighting Hunger and the New Jersey Ballet. Karen, a graduate of Ithaca College and a 2018 LEAD-NJ Fellow, lives in South Orange with her family, including two golden retrievers, Lexi and Finnegan.
