Karen Gao

Co-Founder and CIO

Karen is a co-founder and the Chief Information Officer of Play With Heart Foundation. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2024, majoring in Biochemistry. Karen was also a member of the varsity women’s tennis team. Outside of tennis, Karen works at the Gutmann Lab at Washington University in St. Louis Medical School studying the neurogenetic disorder, NF1, and she also loves volunteering at the STL Children’s Hospital.