Position Title
Executive Director of Development and External Relations
Energy Efficiency Institute
Institute of Transportation Studies
Karen M. Block has been serving as the senior director of development and external relations for the Energy and Efficiency Institute (EEI) and Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis) since 2016. In this role, she manages all foundation relationships for energy and transportation programs, and all industrial relationships for the EEI. She also supervises the associate director of external relations who manages a growing individual giving program for EEI and ITS. Prior to this role, Karen was director of development for the Division of Social Sciences in the UC Davis College of Letters and Science for 3 years. Karen also worked for UC Berkeley for 8 years where she held positions in corporate and foundation relations, annual giving, and reunion fundraising.