Karen Escobar is the Business Program Manager of the Dean’s Central Administration team serving the Colorado School of Public Health Central Administration team. Karen provides financial content expertise, direction, and oversight for all financial processes in the Office of the Dean and the offices of the Associate Deans, and ensures CU Anschutz' best practices are shared with the school’s departments and centers. 

Previously, Karen worked at the University of Denver, where she served as the Manager of Business and Operations for the Office of the Dean in the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics. She earned her Master of Art in Higher Education from The Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver in 2019, and her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Mathematics in 2013 from the University of Denver.