Karen Palmer, President (First Term)

Karen Palmer has been a WSU Master Gardener in Clark County for 25 years. She was part of a team to organize the 2010 and 2015 Washington State Master Gardener Conferences held in Vancouver, Washington. She was also on the Board of Directors, serving as Treasurer for two years and as Executive Administrative Assistant for several years. Karen has been a member of HPSO and the Clark County Interest Group since 2006. Karen joined the HPSO board in 2022 and has served as Treasurer for the last three years. She has also volunteered at Hortlandia for many years in the plant holding area, and was a member of the committee that organized the 2025 Study Weekend in Portland. Karen, now retired from a career as Director of Engineering for a small software company, gardens in Hockinson, Washington, with her husband, three cats, and a herd of deer who regularly wander through to sample the “salad buffet”.