Highlights
- Principal at Washburn McGoldrick
- Prior experience includes serving as the chief advancement officer at Smith College and at Vassar College with initial advancement career work in annual giving at St. Lawrence University.
- Former CASE trustee and CASE Steuben Crystal Apple award winner for teaching excellence.
- Long serving Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts volunteer currently serving as Chair of the Board of Directors.
- Graduated from Smith College.
Clients
American International College
Appalachian State University
Bay Path University
Bennington College
Berklee College of Music
The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
Brewster Academy*
Clark University
Colby College
The College of Wooster
Colorado College
Connecticut College
CLIR
DePauw University
East Carolina University
Gettysburg College
The Governor’s Academy
Hartwick College
Ithaca College
Keuka College
Knox College
Lafayette College
Lincoln University
Marietta College
Mary Baldwin College
McDaniel College
Meadowbrook School of Weston*
Mount Holyoke College
Niagara University
NOLS
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina State University
Ohio 4H
Ohio University
Plymouth State University
Portland State University
Prairie View A&M University
Providence College
Providence Public Library
Scripps College
Simmons University
Skidmore College
Smith College
Southwestern University
Spelman College
Springfield College
Springfield Technical Community College
St. Catherine University
St. Francis College
St. Lawrence University
St. Olaf College
Suffolk University
SUNY Potsdam
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University
Texas Lutheran University
Union College (N.Y.)
University of Dayton
University of Missouri
University of New Hampshire Foundation
University of North Carolina School of Government
University of Rhode Island Foundation
Vassar College
Washington College
Wells College
Western Carolina University
Wheaton College (MA)
* Independent Schools
Karin L. George
Principal
Karin Lee George joined Washburn McGoldrick in 2005.
Karin works with a diverse range of Washburn McGoldrick clients on a range of projects including campaign readiness and feasibility studies, program assessments, post-campaign assessments, interim advancement leadership support, and ongoing advancement counsel as a strategic thought partner. She serves as the firm’s lead advancement counsel at Providence College, Mount Holyoke College, Keuka College, Knox College, North Carolina State University, The College of Wooster, SUNY Potsdam, Vassar College, Colorado College, and Wheaton College (MA).
Prior to joining Washburn McGoldrick Karin was a Vice President for Advancement at her alma mater Smith College and at Vassar College. She started her advancement career in 1986 at St. Lawrence University.
Karin was a trustee (2003-05) of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and served as chair of the Committee on the Profession. She was a member of the faculty of CASE’s Summer Institute in Educational Fundraising from 2000-2004 and served on the faculty of CASE’s Advancement Management Institute from 2003-2005. Karin was the founding Chair of CASE’s Minority Advancement Institute in 2006. She is a recipient of CASE’s distinguished Steuben Crystal Apple Award for teaching excellence.
She is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts.
Karin L. George
