MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
January 11,2021
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Councilof the District of Columbia.
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington,
DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
In accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law
2-142; D.C. Official Code 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 305of the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget
Support Act of 2001, effective October 3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official Code 2-1374),
which established the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community Development
(Commission), | am pleased to nominate the following person:
Ms. Karen Kwok
Chapin Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(Ward 1)
for appointment as a public voting memberofthe Commission, replacing Julie Won, for
a term to
end April 17, 2023.
Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experienceof the above-mentioned
nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation
process.
I would appreciate the Council's earliest considerationof this nomination for confirmation. Please
do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor's Office of Talent and
Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
Sincerely,
Murifl Bower
 airman Phil Mendelson
at the request of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
To confirm the appointment of Ms. Karen Kwok to the Commission on Asian and Pacific
Islander Community Development.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community
Development Karen Kwok Confirmation Resolution of2021.
Sec. 2. The Councilof the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
Ms. Karen Kwok
Chapin Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(Ward 1)
as a public voting memberofthe Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community
Development, established by section 305 of the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Support Act of2001,
30 effective October 3, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-28;D.C. Official Code 2-1374), and in accordance
31 with section 2of the Confirmation Actof 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-142; D.C.
32 Official Code 1- $23.01), replacing Julie Won, for a term to end April 17, 2023.
33 Sec. 3. The Councilof the District of Columbia shall transmit a copyofthis resolution,
34 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Officeof the Mayor.
35 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
 1439 Chapin Street NW #103, Washington, DC 20009
KAREN CARMEN KWOK nuursekkwok@gmal.com
MSN, FNP-BC, MPH 415-200-9275
OBJECTIVE
&collective action for an
Se king Commission opportunity contributing to community health, civic engagement,
API wellness agenda in an equitable & inclusive District of Columbia
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
+ GLOBAL HEALTH ADVISOR WITH MASTER'S IN PUBLIC HEALTH: Johns Hopkins University graduate with
over 20 years engaging interdisciplinary teams for health systems strengthening efforts
+ FIELD EXPERIENCE: Sub-Saharan Africa, Central/Southeast Asia, Latin America & Caribbean
+ TECHNICAL EXPERTISE: FP/RH, RMNCAH, NCD, oncology, immunizations, TB/HIV, & HMIS
+ PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Train-the-trainer for capacity development supervising 2-5 direct reports with NCD
community initiatives ranging from $1 Million to $30.5 Million with Project Hope & Peace Corps
+ USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN: Super User for electronic health records, Content Expert in medical device
focus groups, & Hackathon Enthusiast applying Human-Centered Design in global development evaluation
+ DONOR FAMILIARITY: USAID (including Saving Mothers Giving Life), Project CURE, PEPFAR, CDC, DOD,
FEMA, HHS, JICA, SIDA, Project Hope, Mercy Corps, & California HealthCare Foundation
+ ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE: UC San Francisco graduate & American Nurses Credentialing Center
recognized as Family Nurse Practitioner Content Expert Panelist with over 17 years in delivering patient care
+ LANGUAGES: proficiency in conversational & medical Spanish & Cantonese
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EDUCATION:PUBLICHEALTH& FAMILYNURSING ______
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Master of Public Health 2005
+ Specialty: Program Evaluation, Bill & Melinda Gates Reproductive Health Institute
+ Awards: Alice & William Hinckley Fund, Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, Master of Science in Nursing 2004
+ Specialty: Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner in Family Medicine
+ Awards: School Traineeship, Asian Health Sciences Scholar, California League for Nursing
SAFETY NET PATIENT CARE: CASE MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH SERVICES
Nurse Practitioner, County Public Health Clinics, CA& Howard University, DC. 2002 = 2016, 2018 - now
+ Elected interdepartmental liaison with quality improvement for patient safety & efficient provider workflow
+ Dedicated child-centered family, school, & clinic solution for special learning & optimal health needs
+ Integrated NCD & oncology family-centered carepian with specialty recommendations for dementia, substance
dependence, cognitive & physical disabilities, homelessness, & refugees seeking asylum
+ Awarded by Hartford Geriatric Academy, California HealthCare Foundation, Women Health Care Executives
Registered Nurse, San Francisco & Oakland, CA. 2001 - 2005
Kaiser Permanente, Mission Neighborhood, SF General Hospital, & Edgewood Children's Center
* Designed multidisciplinary behavioral health careplan for Pediatric residents in Level 14 fostercare home
* Triaged Pediatric, Teen, OB/GYN, & Adult Clinics advice calls & urgent care walk-ins for key populations (LGTBQ.
sex workers, users of injection drugs) with medical & behavioral health needs
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT: INSTRUCTION & FACILITATION
Guest Lecturer 2017 - now
California Instituteof integral Studies, University of San Francisco, University of Maryland
* Presented case studies in global maternal child health for graduate students in social work, humanitarian ethics,
& medical anthropology to promote critical thinking in international diplomacy
Workshop Trainer & Co-Facilitator 2009 - 2011, 2015-2016
Diversity Works & Soliya, San Francisco Bay Area, CA& online global forum
+ Co-facilitated Diversity Works training on community volunteerism for after-school teachers, middle school
students, & graduate business students from Japan to promote social entrepreneurism
+ Co-ed Soliya virtual classroom discussions with students from US, Pakistan, Libya,& Italy on human rights,
social services, & race relations topics to increase diversity awareness& inclusion
Advisory Board: Strategic Planning Chair 2009 - 2012
Young Nonprofit Professional Network, San Francisco Bay Area, CA & USA
+ Led remote collaboration for San Francisco, Orlando, Chicago, & Boston chapters on lessons learned in
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 strategic planning to promote knowledge sharing & nonprofit professionalism
+ Spearheaded designing webinar for strategic planning best practices & national conference panel presentation
for over 150 participants representing 43 chapters
+ Awards: Hands on Bay Area, National Urban Fellowship, BoardSource Leadership Forum
PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT: NCD MEDICAL DEVICES & DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Project Management: Public Health Consultant 2018
J&M Global Solutions, Alexandria, VA
+ Devised team dashboard, process map, & logic model for project launchof$1 Million biodefense portfolio
Clinical Practice Consultant 2006 - 2010
Blueshift Global Partners, Panasonic Electronics, San Francisco & San Jose, CA
+ Designed feasibility analyses, proposed user experience in key features, & drafted new business development
in medical device innovation adapted for patients with low literacy & physical disabilities
+ Synthesized specialist expertise in translation science for engineers devising diabetes, cholesterol,
sensorineural hearing loss, mental health, & knee replacement postoperative rehabilitation devices
HSS MULTILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS: PHC PROJECT MANAGEMENT
ublic Heal fechnical Lead: Logistics Consultant 2011-2017
Project Hope & Mercy Corps: on-site in Latin America & Asia
June 2011 July 2011 Bayan Olgii & Khentii regions, Mongolia:
+ Trained 2 participants in facilitator role to assess social dynamics, youth development, & optimal child learning
for nomadic families relocated to urban centers in the Social Safety Net Project
+ Coordinated Project Hope clinic operational logistics for efficient clinic low, provider productivity, & quality of
health services provided to 200 patients/day in USAID/DOD mission
December 2013 January 2014 Dhaka, Bangladesh
+ Formulated rapid needs assessment for bachelors faculty exchange program to promote poverty reduction,
women's empowerment, health workforce reinvestment, & global nursing professionalism
+ Poster presentation with 2015 Bangladesh Development Initiative on chronic malnutrition
January 2016 - February 2016 Santo Domingo, Dominican Repubic:
+ Designed curriculum with faculty deployment, clinical site, & academic partnership recommendations for
pediatric trauma program to improve survival & rehabilitation outcomes for independent function
November 2017 ~ December 2017 San Juan, Puerto Rico:
+ Assessed post-Hurricane Maria disaster recovery needs resulting in funded $1 Million diabetes initiative
+ Awards: HIVE Global Leadership Program, Givet Project France Entrepreneurship Summit
USAID Saving Mothers Giving Life: Maternal Health Project implementers 2016 - 2017
Peace Corps Response, Kalomo, Southern Province, Zambia
* Designed community health worker training curriculum to educate community members about post-partum
hemorrhage, preeclampsia, HIV, & sepsis as part of $30.5 Milion USAID portfolio
+ Audited perinatal registry data to track quality indicators for HIV health services, ARV medication inventory, &
neonatal transmission with PEPFAR & CDC supply chain projections
+ Developed toolkit with Sustainable Development Goal targets in maternal & pediatric health outcomes to
support diversified project portfolios & independent grantseeking by Ministries
NGO TECHNICAL EXPERTISE: MCH COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION
Health Consultant 2007 - 2008, 2011 - 2012
African Immigrant Refugee Resource Center & African Advocacy Network, San Francisco, CA
* Conducted focus groups on health, legal, & employment concerns of African refugees & immigrants based on
needs assessment&utilization-focused evaluation plan to assist community integration
+ Drafted technical reports on grant deliverables achieved with training 20+ community health workers
+ Trained 20+ Ivory Coast, Togo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Senegal, Ghana, & Morocco community leaders on Know
Your Rights for seeking health services with $500000 California HealthCare Foundation support
Program Committee Member: Strategic Planning Consultant 2009 - 2010
One World Children's Fund, San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Uganda, Africa
+ Co-facilitated 10-person grantee capacity development training on metric selection, data analysis, & program
evaluation to assess organization performance in promoting child welfare
+ Led on-site workshops to establish data collection systems tracking $400 Miilion shillings with academic &
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Program Evaluation Consultant 2000 - 2005
Child Family Health International, Salvadoran Association for Rural Health Promotion on-site:
July 2001 - August 2001 Delhi, Dehra Dun, & Than Gaon, India
June 2002 July 2002 Oaxaca City & Puerto Escondido, Mexico
May 2003 - June 2003 Santa Ana, El Salvador
May 2005 June 2005 La Paz, Bolivia
+ Designed evaluations measuring health outcomes & service utilization for grant reporting on program
performance in Ecuador, Mexico, India, & South Africa
+ Poster presentation with $10K grant award on outreach conducted with India Village President, local clinic staff,
& enrollment of 80 households in health education (personal hygiene, family planning, & dental care)
+ Trained Bolivia Local Coordinator on needs assessment, program evaluation, & grantseeking skills for social
services & health programs serving street children
PUBLIC HEALTH: MCI
Immunization Project Coordinator, Perinatal Social Work Volunteer 1996 - 2000
CommuniCare Health Centers, Yolo County, CA
Employee recognition award including full-time program staff promotion for annual audit of 3 clinic sites:
+ Performed data verification with over 600 pediatric charts reviewed on immunization practices to achieve above
{95% up-to-date immunization status
+ Designed quarterly training materials with interactive instruction: pre-test, case scenarios for routine & catch-up
immunization schedules, post-test for 20 Medical Assistants & providers
+ Organized clinic workfiow & logistics for immunization registry enrollment of hospital newbomn deliveries &
migrant farmworkers in Healthy Start clinics to decrease lost opportunities for immunizations
Uc Davis Student Health Center, Peer Counselors in Sexuality
Health Education Intem 1997 - 1998
+ Provided 5 sessions in peer education with behavioral change communication for 20 young adults on sexual
health, including LGBTQ concerns
+ Mentored peer counseling with over 150 individuals on pregnancy & sexual orientation topics to encourage safer
sex, STIMHIV prevention, & reproductive health
Yolo County Public Health Department, Davis & Woodland, CA 1996 - 1998,
Maternal & Child Health Intern
+ Drafted needs assessment for interventions minimizing school truancy, drug use, & adolescent pregnancy for
migrant farmworker & low-income families with rural community leaders, social services, & government
+ Prepared monthly reports for Yolo County Maternal & Child Health Advisory Board with targets in performance
indicators & partnership development with health services for 12000 vulnerable children
PHC KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: POSTER PRESENTATIONS
+ Effectiveness of Cascade Training & Supervision (CTS): Scaling Improved Maternal Health
Outcomes, Zambia, AFREHealth Symposium Abstract 2017
+ Community Health Workers: Addressing Childhood Micronutrient Deficiencies in Chittagong
Hill Tracts, Bangladesh Development Initiative, Universities for Global Health 2015, 2016
+ Bangladesh Health Systems Strengthening Initiative: Reevaluating Health Workforce Capacity,
Bangladesh Development Initiative Conference 2015, 2016
SELECT AWARDS
+ President's Volunteer Service Award, Corporation for National & Community Service 2013
+ Americas Leaders of Change, National Urban Fellowship 2011
APPOINTMENTS
+ Mentor: NewSector Alliance, Organization of Chinese Americans, Peace Corps 2013 - now
+ Objective Reviewer: Association Teachers of Preventive Medicine, IREX Community 2008 - now
Solutions Program, Core Group Technical Review Committee, USAID Youth Power
+ Family Nurse Practitioner Content Expert: Panelist, Abstract Reviewer, Standard 2012-2015
Setting, Item Writer: American Nurses Credentialing Center
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 Executive Office of the Mayor - Office of Talent and Appointments
John A. Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004
Karen Kwok
Karen Kwok, MSN, FNP-BC, MPH, is an advocate,
educator, and collaborator in public health and family
nursing. Her passion for public service includes wellness
programs and patient care services in Californias Yolo,
Fresno, San Mateo, and San Francisco Counties as well as
the Ministry of Health in Sub- Saharan Africa, Asia, and
Latin America/Caribbean. In cultural humility, she finds
joy in connecting with her patients of Asian, Latino, and
African American descent, With over 20 years committed
to patient health advocacy in resilient communities, she
now serves as a Nurse Practitioner at Washington DCs
Howard University.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center has identified
Ms. Kwok as a Family Nurse Practitioner content expert for the national certification exam. She
consults for a variety oforganizations ranging from companies working on innovative point-of-
care medical devices, fiscal sponsoring agencies supporting child welfare, and capacity building
with community development nonprofit organizations. Recognized for her potential in social
innovation, she received leadership fellowships with Hands on Bay Area, Active Citizens, New
Politics Academy, and National Urban Fellows.
Her team-oriented position draws from mentoring in shared leadership and passion for health
equity in resilient communities. With mentoring young women of color, she seeks a vision of
health equity and wellness opportunities reflectiveofthis shared leadership. Ms. Kwoks areas of
scholarship include improving access to primary health care and community-based partnership
developme