Karen Olick

Karen Olick is an American political strategist who is a managing director at SKDK. She served as chief of staff to the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in 2021 and to U.S. senator Barbara Boxer from 1995 to 2006.

Career Olick worked for U.S. senator Barbara Boxer as her communications director from 1993 to 1995. From 1995 to March 2006, she was Boxer's chief of staff. During her tenure, AUC campaigned against U.S. president George W. Bush's proposal to overhaul Social Security and supported the first 100-Hour Plan of the new U.S. House of RepresentativesDemocratic leadership. In October 2021, Olick rejoined SKDK as a managing director.