Karen Bassler

Principal
Superior Nonprofits, LLC

Karen Bassler is a veteran employee of nonprofit conservation organizations, and trusted coach and consultant for nonprofit groups.  She has worked with conservation organizations on strategic planning, policies and procedures review, conservation planning, and leadership development.  She has also facilitated multi-partner collaborations among NGOs, local, state and federal agencies and for profit businesses to promote land and water conservation work.  Karen was the Conservation Coordinator for the Wisconsin chapter of The Nature Conservancy from 1997 to 2001, and the Program Director for Gathering Waters Conservancy from 2001 to 2008.  She now runs her own consulting business, Superior Nonprofits, and is a partner in Bassler-Allen-McKeever Land Trust Services, also known as The BAM Team.  Though not a lifelong resident of Wisconsin, she has lived there since 1985 when she arrived as a freshman at Beloit College.  In addition to her BA from Beloit, Karen also holds an MA from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.  She lives in Madison with her husband, two children, three cats and five chickens.

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