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Dr. Karen A. Smith Bogart is the President of Smith Bogart Consulting, Inc., a business advisory firm based in Santa Barbara. She works with firms on business growth, turn-around, marketing, commercialization and organizational effectiveness. She has also worked directly in two start-up firms.

Since 2007, Dr. Bogart has taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has previous experience in global business management, board leadership, marketing, innovation, operations, change management and human resources. In addition, she is broadly recognized for her success in building alliances, particularly in Asia.

She holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, a Masters of Arts in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, a MA in Business Administration from the University of Rochester, MA in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, and a BA, Political Science from the State University of New York at Geneseo