Karen Sher
for Ventura County Superintendent of Schools
Karen is an award-winning Oxnard educator with more than 30 years of classroom experience. She currently serves as the California Department of Education’s Statewide Director of Teacher Recruitment and previously served 12 years as a local school board trustee.
A proud mom, CTA union leader, and longtime GOOD Club member of over 10 years, Karen has dedicated her career to strengthening public education.
Karen's election would make history by electing the first woman to serve as Ventura County Superintendent of Schools in nearly 100 years and the first school board trustee and union leader to hold the role.


