Karen
Clark Cole
Founder, CEO, Executive Director & Board Chair, Blink UX, Heaven on Earth Animal Retirement Sanctuary, St Margaret's School
Karen is the Co-founder and former CEO of Blink UX, and the Executive Director of two non-profit organizations she founded, Girls Can Do and Heaven on Earth Animal Retirement Sanctuary. Karen currently acts as the Chair of the Board of Governors for St. Margaret’s all-girls school in Canada.
Karen served as a council member for three years on the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), advisors to US congress and the President on policies impacting women owned businesses and is the author of a business memoir focused on User-Centered Leadership and the art of Possibility Thinking to be released in the fall of 2026.
Karen began her career studying visual arts in Vancouver, at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Victoria and is a graduate of the Multimedia program at Capilano University in Vancouver. Karen started a Ph.D. program in Values-driven leadership at the Benedictine University and studied board readiness at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
