Karina has served as the Managing Director, Events and Operations for WFDF since 2014, managing 6-12 events a year of upwards of 3,500 athletes per event. She has been involved with professional sporting teams and major events management over 25 years, getting her start in both Australia and New Zealand. Before taking time to start her family, she served as the senior event services director for the FISA World Rowing Championships from 2008 to 2010 in Karapiro, New Zealand. From 2006 to 2008 she was Director of Operations of Elephant Management Co. Ltd. V8 Supercars, an event with over 182,000 spectators over three days. From 1999 to 2006, she was involved in a variety of events, including the Subaru Rally Team of Australia (Motorsport), Canberra Cannons (Basketball) and Canberra Raiders (Rugby League). Karina has significant experience on all aspects of event issues like accommodation and transportation, registration, and all other organizational aspects of World class events. A natural born English speaker, Karina is also fluent in German and lives in northern Germany.