Biography

Karen joined EDUCAUSE as Program Manager for the Washington Office in March 2011. In this role, she is responsible for day-to-day oversight and management of the ECAR Working Groups (formerly Advanced Core Technologies Initiative - ACTI), the Network Council, and the EDUCAUSE Campus Policy program, as well as supports EDUCAUSE Policy by serving as managing editor of the e-newsletter Policy Digest, website support, and more. As program manager, she is a primary liaison for EDUCAUSE members and community for the programs she works with, and she collaborates with members and EDUCAUSE colleagues to ensure that current issues, emerging trends, and opportunities of special interest are identified, supported, and communicated.

Karen comes to EDUCAUSE with a strong background in project management and working with higher education. Previously, Karen served as Standards Program Manager for the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), where she participated in leadership committee and working group meetings to help develop work priorities, workflows, schedules, and benchmarks; developed and organized outreach and education programs; developed organizational procedures and policies; and oversaw standards development work and reporting. As Distance Education Librarian at The George Washington University, she developed and directed a library services program for the university's distance education community. Previously, she worked with the Association of Research Libraries, where she managed the association's distance learning initiative. Karen holds a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MA from Boston College, and an MLS from the Catholic University of America.

EDUCAUSE Involvement

Publications

Data Privacy Month 2012

EDUCAUSE Policy Office

June 2012

ACTI 2012 Member Meeting Report (4/12/12)

ACTI Annual Meetings

April 2012

ACTI 2011 Activities and Progress

EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR)

January 2012

ACTI 2011 Meeting Report

ACTI Annual Meetings

August 2011

Notes on Current Networking Initiatives, Summer 2011

EDUCAUSE Policy Office

August 2011

Presentations

Blogs