Karen Wing
Speechwriter—Penn State University
Sessions:Karen Wing has been the primary speechwriter for the Office of the President at Penn State University for the last 10 years, and is an affiliate faculty member in Penn State’s College of the Liberal Arts, where she teaches speechwriting. The last decade has been an unprecedented period of transition at Penn State, and she has written for the president, the Board of Trustees and senior executives during the best and worst of times. She has more than 25 years of experience in education, public relations, strategic communications, and marketing for higher education institutions, non-profits and Fortune 100 corporations. She holds a B.S. in marketing from the University of Rhode Island, and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Penn State.