Karen Martin

Karen Martin is a bilingual Delta Change Strategist, consummate connector, and trailblazer originally from the AR Delta. With 25+ years of experience in building people, places, and profits for for-profit and nonprofit organizations, Martin has developed associations, boards, councils, foundations, networks of 7 - 500K, and designed budgets, campaigns, cultures, events, facilities, marketing, policies, projects, and strategy. Her expertise covers administration, board development, career development, change management, continuous improvement, ethics, entrepreneurship, financial management, grant making, governance & compliance, higher education, marketing/public relations, media relations, nonprofit management, operations management, leadership, philanthropy, performance management, project management, public speaking, recruitment/retention, strategic planning, teamwork, vendor management, and workforce development. Among others, she has worked as CEO, Chief of Staff, Philanthropic Counsel, Chief Builder, Delta Change Strategist at KMartin and Associates, Executive Director, Center for Fundraising and Philanthropy at Paul Quinn College, Chief Development Officer, T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences, Dallas Campus Campaign at Texas Woman's University, Executive Director/CEO, Irving Schools Foundation at IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, and Founding Development Director, North Hills Preparatory School (Uplift Start-Up) at Uplift Education.