Karundi is the Executive Director of re:power, a national organization seeking to build a critical mass of social justice movements and their leaders who embody the ideology and practice of liberatory organizing, and organizing practice that is pro-Black and grounded in community, collective action and abundance. Our ultimate vision: A liberated, multiracial democracy, free from the oppressive systems of white supremacy and patriarchy. Since 2019, Karundi has served as the first Black woman Executive Director, leading this powerful organization towards success. Over the last four years, re:power has deepened its commitment to BIPOC organizers through an intentional focus on BIPOC, especially women of color and trans and gender expansive people of color. In 2022, she led the team to finalizing a new strategic vision and direction which they are now actively working to implement over the next five years and includes ambitious programming, fundraising, and communications goals.
Karundi served as the Political Director for the Midwest initiative and Director of State and Local Programs for SEIU, one of the largest labor unions in the world. In this role, she directed national policy priorities, managed a host of state legislative campaigns, and elevated the needs of working people in the national discourse. Before SEIU, Karundi was the Deputy Director for Government Affairs for Ohio.