WHO I AM
GET TO KNOW KAREN
Born and raised in the small town of Wellsville, New York, Karen Ayoub is an accomplished accounting professional, a dedicated volunteer and member of her community, a loving wife and mother, and the presumptive candidate on the Republican ticket for the 127th Assembly District.
As used to be the case in many small towns across New York state, much of the community Karen grew up in relied on manufacturing jobs to provide for their families. Karen’s father, a U.S. Marine and a dedicated industrial worker instilled the value of hard work from a young age. Karen took the lessons she learned throughout her youth and applied them to her education. Karen attended Alfred University where she would receive a Bachelor of Accounting before going on to earn her CPA.
Karen went on to work in public finance for 12 years, where she worked for the prestigious “Big Four” accounting firm Price Waterhouse. While working at Price Waterhouse, focusing on helping community banks and manufacturers, she met her husband, David.Karen and David settled in Manlius nearly 30 years ago, where they have raised 3 wonderful children, David Jr., Grace, and Gretchen. Karen and David placed an emphasis on providing their children with the lessons and experiences that taught them to be successful adults. Like their parents, each of the Ayoub children has gone on to fulfilling careers in their respective fields.
Karen is a lifelong resident of New York state who never envisioned herself running for office. Throughout a lifetime of living in small communities, however, Karen has witnessed first-hand the negative effects that single-party Democrat rule in Albany has had. As a mother of 3 children in their twenties, the idea that the next generation is being taxed and regulated out of the neighborhoods they grew up in is deeply concerning.
Karen is running for the New York State Assembly because the legislature needs members who truly represent the issues that matter to the people. In Onondaga and Madison Counties, and especially in the towns of Clay, Cicero, Manlius, and Cazenovia, people are worried. They are worried about inflation, about their taxes that seem to get higher every day, and they’re worried about the out-of-touch politicians in Albany that seem to have forgotten what they were sent there to do.
