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Karen Kwan's Biography

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State Senate (UT) - District 12

Contact Information

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Post Office Box 701194
Salt Lake City, UT 84170
Phone: 385-249-0683

320 State Capitol
Salt Lake City, UT 84114

Post Office Box 701194
Salt Lake City, UT 84170

Full Name:

Karen Kwan

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Travis; 3 Children

Birth Date:

02/12/1964

Home City:

Taylorsville, UT

Bachelors, Psychology, Pepperdine University

EdD, Educational Leadership/Policy, University of Utah

Masters, Clinical Psychology, Pepperdine University

Minority Whip, Utah State Senate, 2025-present

Senator, Utah State Senate, District 12, 2023-present

Former Minority Caucus Manager, Utah State House of Representatives

Candidate, Utah State Senate, District 12, 2024, 2026

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, Executive Appropriations Committee, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Federalism Commission, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Legislative Management Committee, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Rules Review and General Oversight Committee, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Senate Ethics Committee, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Confirmation Committee, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Senate Rules Committee, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee, Utah State Senate, present

Member, Transportation and Infrastructure Appropriations Subcommittee, Utah State Senate, present

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

Professor Emeritus, Salt Lake Community College, 2023-present

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

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