Karen Zanoff serves as Senior Advisor to Joy Ditto Consulting. Karen has extensive expertise in affecting federal policy issues from both within the private sector and the federal government. Prior to joining Joy Ditto Consulting, Karen was Senior Vice President at Morgan Meguire, LLC, a boutique lobbying firm, where she advocated for almost 10 years on behalf of her consumer-owned utility clients on federal policy issues related to electricity markets, nuclear power, climate change, cyber security, appropriations, and tax policy.

Before joining Morgan Meguire, Zanoff served as Senior Legislative Assistant to Congresswoman Karen McCarthy, a member of the powerful Energy and Power Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Zanoff advised the congresswoman on energy policy issues and worked directly with her through committee and House passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2002.

Zanoff has also worked in the federal affairs departments of two leading, national trade associations – the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) and the American Textile Manufacturing Institute (ATMI) – advising its members on issues related to energy policy and manufacturing. Zanoff started off her career as legislative assistant in Nestle USA’s government affairs office in Washington, DC.

Karen grew up in Connecticut and earned her bachelors degree in Government-Sociology from Skidmore College. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband, two children, and two dogs.