I’ve spent my career inside organizations like yours.
Hi, I’m Kara
FOUNDER OF PINK ASPEN ADVISORY
My career has one consistent thread: using technology to help mission-driven organizations do more of what matters.
I started as a classroom teacher and Teach For America corps member and have committed my life’s work to education equity social change. I have spent the past 15 years leading technology transformation inside nonprofit organizations.
I founded Pink Aspen Advisory because I kept seeing the same gap: organizations with the right intentions and the wrong readiness. I've spent my career inside organizations like yours, and this is the advisory practice I wished had existed.
I live in Kalamazoo, Michigan with my husband, daughter and ill-behaved Red Lab. In my free time I love to read, cook, travel and spend time outside.
My Approach
Mission-driven organizations have the most to gain from AI, and the most to lose if they get it wrong.
Historically nonprofits have operated at a resource disadvantage compared to other sectors. AI is changing that. Organizations that adopt it well will be able to do more with less, serve their communities more effectively, and close gaps that have felt out of reach for years.
But that opportunity only exists for organizations that move intentionally. The ones that get this right won't be the ones that moved fastest. They'll be the ones that built the readiness, the governance, and the people infrastructure to make it last.
Pink Aspen Advisory exists to help you be one of those organizations.
Why Pink Aspen?
Change Management
PROSCI® CERTIFIED CHANGE PRACTITIONER: AI Adoption Focus
I hold one of the most rigorous change management certifications available, with specific application to AI adoption and technology transformation.
20 YEARS INSIDE MISSION-DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS
Sector Experience
I've spent my career leading technology transformation, implementations, and organizational change inside mission driven organizations. I have graduate training in nonprofit leadership and hands-on experience across the platforms nonprofits rely on most.
Active AI Leadership
REAL-TIME EXPERTISE
I currently lead technology adoption strategy at a national nonprofit serving more than 1,000 higher education institutions. That real-time, ground-level experience informs every client engagement.
Fully Independent
VENDOR AGNOSTIC & INDEPENDENT
I have no technology partnerships, no vendor incentives, and no financial relationships with AI companies. Every recommendation I make is solely in service of your organization's mission.