Karen Jordan, MBA

JDRF Board of Directors

Karen Shishino Jordan became involved with JDRF when her daughter Ali was diagnosed with T1D in 2008. She is a member of the International Board of Directors, the Research Committee and Finance/Investment Committee, and Chair of the Funding Committee. She serves on JDRF’s T1D Fund Board and the Northern California Chapter Board. She is also a member of the Joint Steering Committee for the JDRF Northern California Center of Excellence at Stanford and UCSF. She is the inaugural recipient of JDRF’s John Brady Award for Innovation.

Karen is Chair of the Stanford Medicine Community Council, and serves on the Stanford Health Care Board. She is the recipient of the Stanford University Governors’ Award. She is also a board member of Stroke Onward.

Karen earned her B.A. in Economics-Business from UCLA and her MBA from the Stanford University GSB.