Karena Stroh has served First Parish Brewster UU as Administration and Finance Director for over 9 years. She currently serves as Board of Directors Vice President of the Association of Unitarian Universalist Administrators. Locally, she serves as Board of Directors Vice President of Pause A While, Inc, a community center for recovery. She grew up in northwest Ohio, and graduated from Ohio State

University, (go Buckeyes!). Karena ran her own business for nearly two decades as a massage therapist and herbalist. She has two adult sons, Charlie and Phoenix, who grew up in the First Parish Brewster’s CYM program and on the beaches of Cape Cod. Gratefully, she lives in Eastham with her partner, two dogs, two cats and many plants.