Karenna Gore
| Karenna Gore | |
|---|---|
| Born | Karenna Aitcheson Gore August 6, 1973 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, journalist, attorney, non-profit administrator |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Columbia Law School Union Theological Seminary |
| Notable works | Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Shaped Modern America |
| Spouse | Andrew Newman Schiff (m. 1997; div. 2010) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Kristin Gore (sister) |
Karenna Aitcheson Gore (born August 6, 1973), formerly known as Karenna Schiff, is an American author, journalist, and attorney. She is the eldest daughter of former Vice President of the United States Al Gore and Tipper Gore and the sister of Kristin Gore, Sarah Gore Maiani and Albert Gore. Gore is the director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary.
Gore was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up there as well as in Washington D.C.. She received her B.A. in history and literature in 1995 from Harvard University, a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2000, and a Master of Arts degree from Union Theological Seminary in 2013. During college, she interned as a journalist for WREG-TV and The Times-Picayune. She later wrote for El Pais in Spain and Slate in Seattle. After law school, she was briefly an associate with the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City. She left that job to work in the non-profit sector as Director of Community Affairs for the Association to Benefit Children (ABC), and as a volunteer in the legal center of Sanctuary for Families.
Gore was the Youth Outreach Chair on her father's 2000 presidential campaign. Together with her father's former Harvard roommate Tommy Lee Jones, she officially nominated Gore as the presidential candidate during the 2000 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles. She also introduced her father during the launching of his campaign.
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