Karen Allschwang

Karen Allschwang joined the Centre Street Food Pantry Board in 2014 and has been a regular volunteer at CSFP since the pantry opened in 2011. She currently serves as the Secretary and is on the Operations and Finance committees. 

Karen has a background in finance, and  was a money market trader at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston for 32 years. She also worked at Hanscom Federal Credit Union for 7 years and was a loan officer. She is currently retired..

Karen cares deeply about fighting food insecurity and she has participated in the Walk for Hunger as a Heart and Sole walker for over 40 years, raising in excess of $100,000 for the organization.

Karen is married and is  a long term resident of Newton.