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Karen Reuther

Karen Korellis Reuther is a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural design leader whose experience includes industry-leading corporations, twelve years at NIKE, design consultancies, owning a small design firm in Munich, Germany, and at Ziba, a worldclass design and innovation firm where she was Director of Consumer Insights and Trends. She is currently the President of the Design Management Institute, an international non-profit, connecting design leaders to the inspiration, knowledge, and community they need to succeed. Karen is a master connector, ensuring that insights translate to real and relevant solutions. As Global Creative Director at NIKE, she led the creative vision and implementation of design strategies from product creation to merchandising across footwear, apparel and equipment that leveraged the power and emotion of trend, color, and materials. Karen has a Bachelors in Industrial Design from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN and a Masters in Business from Lesley University, Cambridge, MA.