Karen Henken

Co-founder - Secretary

Karen Henken’s work focuses on fostering organizational growth, social impact, and system change through social innovation and entrepreneurship. She is joining the Rady School of Management at UCSD as a visiting professor.
For the last 8 years, Ms. Henken has been a professor of practice and adjunct faculty at the University of San Diego, teaching social innovation, design thinking, and social entrepreneurship at the Kroc School and the School of Business. She is also visiting faculty in Colombia, working with two universities, CESA and Uniminuto. She works with regional and global social enterprises, NGOs, and corporations to help them advance their success through sustainable business models and serves on several boards. For over 20 years, Ms. Henken has served as the founder and principal of Henken & Associates, helping businesses and nonprofits develop market opportunities, partnerships, growth strategies, and sustainable revenue models to expand their impact. She spent 20+ years in Silicon Valley as an executive in high technology management, launching and growing international operations and partnerships for various companies, from startups to Fortune 500 corporations. She holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

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