On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State Senate (UT) - District 12
320 State Capitol
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Post Office Box 571384
Salt Lake City, UT 84157
Full Name:
Karen Kwan
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Travis; 3 Children
Birth Date:
02/12/1964
Home City:
Taylorsville, UT
Bachelors, Psychology, Pepperdine University
DEd, Educational Leadership/Policy, University of Utah
Masters, Clinical Psychology, Pepperdine University
Senator, Utah State Senate, District 12, 2023-present
Former Minority Caucus Manager, Utah State House of Representatives
Minority Whip, Utah State House of Representatives, 2021-2023
Representative, Utah State House of Representatives, District 34, 2017-2023
Representative, Utah State House of Representatives, District 31, 2023
Member, Administrative Rules Review Committee
Member, Business and Labor Interim Committee
Member, Commission on Federalism
Member, Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee
Member, International Relations and Trade Committee
Member, Senate Business and Labor Committee
Member, Senate Business and Labor Confirmation Committee
Member, Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
Member, Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Confirmation Committee
Member, Senate Ethics Committee
Member, Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee
Member, Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Confirmation Committee
Member, Senate Rules Committee
Member, Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
Member, Transportation Interim Committee
Former Member, Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee, Utah State House of Representatives
Former Member, Government Operations Interim Committee, Utah State House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Subcommittee on Oversight, Utah State House of Representatives
Former Member, Legislative Management Committee, Utah State House of Representatives
Former Member, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee, Utah State House of Representatives
Former Member, Political Subdivisions Committees, Utah State House of Representatives
Associate Professor of Psychology, Salt Lake Community College, present
Academic
Former Group Home Manager for Abused/Neglected Children
Former Counselor, Asian Association of Utah
Former Adviser, Center for Ethnic Student Affairs at the University of Utah
Former Manager, Group Home for Abused and Neglected Children, Northbridge, California
Former Academic Advisor to Asian American and Pacific Islander Students, University of Utah
Former Program Assistant, Asian Association of Utah
Former Chair, Asian Pacific American Advocates, Utah Chapter
Chairman, Governor's Asian American Council
Member, Rocky Mountain Psychological Association
Awards:
Salt Lake Community College 2014 Distinguished Faculty Lecturer