Dr. Karen Bolton is a distinguished educational consultant and community leader with extensive experience in organizational leadership and higher education.

A retired U.S. Navy Petty Officer with 20 years of distinguished service, Dr. Bolton transitioned to academia, earning a Doctorate in Education in Organizational Leadership from Brandman University. She served as a tenured professor at Olympic College for 14 years, where she developed and taught courses in leadership, diversity, and organizational change.

Currently, she is an adjunct professor and advisory board member for UMAss Global’s doctoral program.

Dr. Bolton is a highly sought after key note speaker and panelist.

• Erie Presentations: Spoke on leadership and equity in education during events in Erie, alonside Major General Ed Bolton Jr.

• MLK Celebration (Keynote Speaker): “Where do we go from here?” focusing on equity in education and social justice.

• Historical perspectives on the path forward for our

  country, dealing with intolerance and the fear in our

  society...and even though our country is divided, we

  can heal, but through non-violence even though we

  live in a violent society.

  • Leading with Intent as a Person of Color

  • Panelist at the Kitsap Human Rights Conference on

  historical perspectives on healing our country

  • “Shifting your Mindset, How to get to Enlightened

  Leadership”