Karen House serves as the Chairman of the Board at Rand Corp. since 2011 and is the William Simon Professor at Pepperdine University since 2014. She has also been a board member at the Trilateral Commission since 2002.

Her career includes extensive experience as an international affairs reporter. House previously served as publisher at The Wall Street Journal from 2002 to 2006. She is the author of "On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines and Future.