Children’s Harbor, a nationally accredited nonprofit agency with a mission to help strengthen families who are struggling in the community, has named Karen Ross, EA to its board of directors.
Karen Ross, EA is a partner, accountant and enrolled agent with Palermo, Landsman & Ross, P.A. An enrolled agent status classifies Ross as a federally licensed tax practitioner, empowered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury with unrestricted practice rights to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service. Enrolled agent status is the highest designation issued by the IRS with a specialization in tax code. With her extensive experience in tax compliance, Ross leads the firm in dispute resolution at the local, state and federal level.
“What is happening at Children’s Harbor is so much bigger than me,” said Ross, who has frequently engaged with Children’s Harbor in the past. “Serving among some of the most compassionate board of directors in the community is just one way to change the lives of our youth who’ve been impacted by trauma.”
Active in the community, Ross serves on the advisory board of The General’s Club for the Boys and Girls Club and on the peer advisory board for entrepreneurs through the Thrive program. She also serves as a committee chair for the upper school Parent Teacher Organization at American Heritage School and is a member of 6 Degrees Golf, which cultivates and fosters meaningful relationships among like-minded executives that extend beyond business into friendships, charitable endeavors, or peer groups.
Ross earned her bachelor’s degree and an Executive Master of Taxation (M.TX.) from Florida Atlantic University.
Established in 1996, Children’s Harbor also provides safe shelter and support to teens in foster care so that they may grow into healthy, educated and productive adults and is a harbor of hope and healing for children who have been impacted by the trauma of child abuse. For more information, call 954-252-3072 or visit childrensharbor.org.
About Children’s Harbor
Established in 1996, Children’s Harbor is a nationally accredited non-profit agency with a mission to help strengthen families who are struggling in our community, while providing safe shelter and support to teens in foster care so that they may grow into healthy, educated, and productive adults.
With the belief that children should feel safe, that family is worth fighting for and that cycles can be broken, Children’s Harbor provides a harbor of hope and healing for children who have been impacted by the trauma of child abuse. The main campus in Pembroke Pines provides a supportive family environment for teenagers in foster care and their younger siblings. The family strengthening program prevents kids from coming into foster care by providing in-home counseling and support to families who are struggling in the community. Those who have aged out of foster care are provided with housing, life skills and the wrap-around support necessary to overcome their trauma and navigate through the early stages of adulthood through independent living programs.
Brown’s Harbor is a supportive housing community that offers on-site staff, training, and wrap-around support services for young adults who have aged out of the foster care system, ages 18-23, helping to bridge the gap from dependence to independence.
To learn more about Children’s Harbor, visit childrensharbor.org.
