This years keynote....
Karen E. Osborne
The Osborne Group
The Power of Generosity and How It Transforms You, Your Community and the World.
Karen loves and believes in the power of philanthropy and nonprofits. She built her career around these passions not only as a frontline fundraiser, speaker, trainer, teacher, consultant and coach but also as a donor, volunteer and board member.
Nationally and internationally recognized, Karen receives invitations from all over the United States and the world. For 18 of Karen’s 41 years in the profession, she served in senior positions at colleges and universities. For the past 23 years, Karen served first as President and now as Senior Strategist at The Osborne Group.
The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) awarded Karen the Crystal Apple for Outstanding Teaching and Public Speaking. In 2014, CASE presented Karen with the Ashmore Award for Outstanding Service to the Profession. Karen is an adjunct faculty member for Johns Hopkins University’s graduate certificate program in nonprofit management.
Karen is also a novelist. She has authored “Getting It Right,” published in June 2017, Tangled Lies (Black Rose Writing), 2021, Reckonings (BRW) released June 16, 2022, and True Grace, her first historical novel, drops September 7, 2023.
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