Karina Eliana Rabolini (born 27 April 1967) is an Argentine businesswoman and former model. She was the second lady of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 and the first lady of Buenos Aires Province from 2007 to 2015, when she married Governor Daniel Scioli. During this latter term, she also served as the president of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires Foundation.
In 1986, she met powerboat racer and businessman Daniel Scioli, whom she married in a civil ceremony on 10 December 1991, followed by a religious ceremony at San Ignacio Parish on 12 December. They separated in 1998, and she decided to move to Europe, but they reunited in 2001. Scioli became the Vice President of Argentina on 25 May 2003, and Rabolini served as second lady until the end of his term on 10 December 2007.
When Scioli assumed the governorship of Buenos Aires Province in 2007, in addition to the duties of first lady, Rabolini served as president of the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires Foundation.
As head of the foundation, Rabolini promoted microcredit policies as an economic and social inclusion tool. Microcredit as a means of access to employment became one of her main interests, an issue she presented at the 2014 International Congress of Social Responsibility (CIRS). In partnership with the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires and international organizations, she expanded a pre-existing program by offering more opportunities to new entrepreneurs. She also oversaw several institutional programs, such as “A Look for Children”, through which the foundation and a group of ophthalmologists performed eye checks for Buenos Aires primary school students and provided glasses if necessary. The “Helping to Get There” program supplied bicycles to students of rural schools to allow them to attend every day.
Although her political participation was limited to protocol, she was usually present at public events, interviews, and political television programs.
Her work at the foundation has been recognized with various awards and mentions, such as the Cilsa Social Commitment Award (2011), the ISALUD Career Award (2011), and being named honorary godmother of the Ricardo Gutiérrez Hospital Solidarity Festival (2013).
Rabolini separated from Scioli after his defeat in the 2015 presidential election and left her office at the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires. The couple divorced in 2016, and she began a relationship with press officer Ignacio Castro Cranwell.
She currently markets her brand of perfumes, beauty products, and glasses
