Karyn Barsa
President
Investor’s Circle
(San Francisco)
Karyn Barsa serves as President for Investors' Circle. Formerly CEO of Smith & Hawken and COO/CFO of Patagonia, Karyn has led two vibrant organizations that serve as models for values-centered leadership around the world.
With a career that includes investment banking, commercial banking, and turnaround corporate finance, Karyn has specialized in opportunities to meld business and social missions and has been a featured speaker for numerous organizations including the American Management Association, Business for Social Responsibility, and various sponsored conferences.
In addition to serving on the board of Investors' Circle and NESsT, Karyn is a member of the Board of Directors at Deckers Outdoor Corporation (Nasdaq: DECK).
Karyn also serves on the Advisory Board of inResonance, Inc. and as a Trustee at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Karyn holds a B.A. in Economics from Connecticut College and a MBA from the University of Southern California.
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