Meet Karen Wrenbeck, Treasurer

Karen Wrenbeck was elected Party Treasurer in 2022. Karen leads the party's fiscal compliance, account management, and fundraising for the Monroe County Democratic Party. Karen is a Deputy Public Defender in Monroe County. As a public defender, Karen has represented thousands of indigent clients in many different criminal and civil case types. She was a team member of the Mental Health Court for two years. Since 2017, Karen has trained and supervised over 45 interns working at the Public Defender’s Office. In 2021, she formed a new partnership between the Public Defender’s Office and the IU School of Social Work to have their students work alongside our attorneys to help our clients.

Karen was a 2022 primary candidate for Monroe County Judge and has been a steering committee member of the Democratic Women's Caucus. She is a precinct committee person in the Monroe County Democratic Party. Karen also serves as the President of the Monroe County Bar Association.

A native of Livonia, Michigan, Karen is a graduate of the University of Michigan, with a BS double major in French & Francophone Studies and Brain, Behavior, & Cognitive Science. As an undergraduate student, she volunteered and eventually helped lead an organization called the Detroit Partnership, which took the University of Michigan students to volunteer in low-income communities in the city of Detroit. She is a graduate of the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University.