Karen Schuder Resume
Karen L. Schuder, Ed. D.,M.Div., M.A.M.
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Passionate about helping professionals work ethically & holistically to increase career sustainability.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Person with high energy and positive attitude
- Comfortable teaching, communicating, and working with people of various ages and backgrounds
- Able to maintain a calm, optimistic presence amidst anxiety
- Handles opposition with diplomacy and determination
- Has extensiveorganizational skills in empoweringemployees and volunteers
- Uses dynamic, interactive public speaking and teaching techniques
- Approaches challenges with creativity and patience
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Leadership Training & ConsultingJuly 2010 - Present
Help organizations with strategic development, professional/leadership training, and interim leadership. This has included ethics education and leadership development for professional groups and non-profit organizations, as well as helping Latin American organizations empower women, increase multi-cultural understanding, and operate more efficiently.
Managing Consultant 2004 - Present
Duluth Veterinary Hospital
Provide ongoing consultation & leadership development, lead organizational development process establishing goals, values, and strategies.
PastorAugust 1998 – June 2010
Hillside United Methodist ChurchDuluth, MN
Led a congregation with a vitality that showed through its increase in membership, attendance, and giving as well as a willingness to try new things such as using technology in new ways.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Memberships: Academy for Professionalism in Health Care, International Leadership Association
Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional
Led professional development or presented research at: 2016 Academy for Professionalism in Health Care Annual Conference; 2015 Veterinary Wellness & Social Work Summit, 2016 Annual American Association of Behavioral & Social Sciences, 2015 International Leadership Association Conference Barcelona, 2015 SME Conference, 2015 Northern MN Engineer Club, 2016 Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference, 8th International Conference on Catholic Social Thought & Business Management Education
Lombard Mennonite Center’s Advanced Clinic of Family Systems, Chicago, IL
Ordained in the Presbyterian Church U.S.A.
EDUCATION
Educational Doctorate in LeadershipJune 2010- November 2014
University of St. ThomasMinneapolis, MN
Emphasis on leadership development, improving organizational functioning, ethics education, educational pedagogy, qualitative research and assessment, and social theories. Research was a qualitative study on business ethics education and professionalism that included looking at organizational cultures, important virtues, increasing social responsibility, and understanding various perspectives to promote ethical leadership.
Masters in Arts of ManagementMay 2011
College of St. ScholasticaDuluth, MN
Emphasis was on ethics, leadership, and organizational development, including process consultation and organizational culture. Dissertation research was a qualitative study of business schools integrating ethics.
Masters of Divinity Luther Theological Seminary
Emphasis on leading organizations, promoting team functioning, providing care for people in difficult situations, dealing with organizational systems, and public speaking.
Bachelors of ScienceMontana State University
Graduated with Honors. Degree study in Child Development and Family Life.
Community Volunteer Experiences
Global: Sociedad Children’s homes & services in Honduras; Global Brigades micro-financing work & empowering women in Honduras
Community: Local Scholarship Committee; Community Action Duluth leadership training; Women’s Shelter 8 week healing group for women recovering from abusive situations;Southern St. Louis County Council to Prevent Child Abuse, Duluth Rowing Club International Regatta Chairperson and board member
Youth: East High School advisory council member & chairperson; volunteered in Read 180 program; Nordic Ski team volunteer leader; coached and coordinated soccer, baseball, track, Girl Scouts
Church: Personnel Committee, Self Development of People Committee; Presbyterian Church USA Women’s Ministries Advisory Committee; Sexual Misconduct Response Committee; Duluth area Urban Ministry Planning team; UMC Day Camp coordinator/leader
References Available Upon Request
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