Karen Archer

Karen has been with French Heritage Society since 2000, and now serves as Deputy Director for Strategic Development and Communications. She is responsible for working closely with the leadership to set the association's development goals, priorities and campaigns and for proposing and implementing communications strategies to enhance French Heritage Society's visibility and tell its story in a compelling way. Two major projects she has worked closely on include the publication of the book “French America” and the Katrina Heritage Rescue Fund.

She has a strong background in writing and visual arts and obtained her BA in French literature from The American University of Paris, and her MA in the same subject from the Sorbonne. Karen paints, writes and illustrates children's books and is interested in parapsychology. She was Director of the Cultural Program at The American University of Paris for a number of years where she organized educational travel around the world and other cultural activities.