Karen Ordinans

Karen Ordinans is an American politician and child care advocate.

Karen Ordinans
Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors (chair from 1996-2002)
In office 1992–2003
Director of the Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin
In office 2003–2021
Milwaukee County executive
In office 2002–2002
Preceded by	Tom Ament
Succeeded by	Janine P. Geske
Personal details
Citizenship	American
Political party	Democratic
Occupation	Former politician, daycare worker and non-profit executive

Ordinans graduated from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Ordinans taught in a day care center and was involved with the health of children. She was elected to the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors in 1992 and was selected as the chair of the county board in 1996. In 2002, Ordinans served briefly as the acting Milwaukee County executive when Tom Ament retired. Ordinans was then recalled in 2002 because of a retirement pension controversy.

Ordinans later served as executive director of the Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin for eighteen years from 2003 until her retirement in 2021.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}