Karen Philipps
SECERTARY
Middle School English Teacher, Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy
Parent, CCW Alumna
Karen Philipps joined the CCW board after living the chorister experience vicariously through her daughter Katie who sang with the chorus for nine years. Karen traveled with CCW as a chaperone to South Africa in 2018. For sixteen years, Karen taught middle school English at Holton-Arms. In September 2020 she began a new teaching position at the Berman Hebrew Academy in Rockville. Prior to teaching, Karen worked in fundraising at Lasell College and the Winsor School in Boston and at Holton-Arms, where she was the director of the Centennial Capital Campaign. Karen earned a master’s degree in English at Boston College and a B.A. in English with a minor in Asian Studies at Williams College. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Bethesda.