Karan joined EEA as executive director in January 2020, having been a member of EEA since 2006. She previously worked as director of the CPF Institute for the Captain Planet Foundation and executive director of the Greater Atlanta Conservation Corps. Karan is a Georgia Science Ambassador and facilitator of Projects WET, Wild, and Learning Tree; Dynamics of Climate, Climate Reality, and Science in the Schoolyard. She created ecoSTEM Kits, the SAGES curriculum project, and GREAT Pathways, a project-based storyline initiative, and has successfully managed grants from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Improving Teacher Quality program, Community Development Block Grant Fund, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Georgia Forestry Commission (IRA), and private sector donors and foundations. Karan studied natural resource management at the University of Michigan.
Areas of Expertise:
- Professional Learning for Educators or Facilitators (how to 3-dimensionalize traditional ee)
- Organizational Development for the transition from all-volunteer to staffed affiliates
- Collaboration Strategies (eeCEO Roundtable; joint projects; shared grants)
