Karen Robbins
Worship Arts Administrative Director
Karen has been on staff at Shades since 2001. She coordinates and directs worship arts administrative and financial details, and is the worship arts office manager to paid secretarial staff and volunteers. She is also involved in the planning and facilitation of special events and the worship arts ministry as a whole. Karen comes from a Southern family, which includes a former Vice President of the United States (John "Cactus Jack" Nance Garner), a former Speaker of the House, in the State of Oklahoma (James C. Nance), and one Sioux Indian Chief named Frank.