Karen Wilson
Karen Wilson is an educator, businesswoman, and philanthropist from Grosse Ile, Michigan. Following ten years of teaching early childhood and elementary education, she joined Central distributors of Beer, Inc.—one of the largest Anheuser-Busch beer distributorships in the U.S.—and served in diverse positions ranging from office manager to trucking operations owner, to CEO and Chairman of the Board until her retirement in 2007. She has since established the Karen Colina Wilson Foundation, focusing on women’s and children’s health, welfare, safety, well-being, and development; endowed a chair for brain cancer at the Cleveland Clinic; and received the Woman of the Year Award from the American Association of University Women, Karen Wilson is a Co-Chair of the Wright Foundation for Transformational Leadership Capital Campaign Committee.