Karen Dill Bowerman, Ph.D. has more than 30 years of professional experience in higher education as professor of business and service as Dean of the College of Business and Public Administration at California State University, San Bernardino where she was named Dean Emeritus and has an endowed scholarship for management students in her name. She led the College of Business and Public Administration to be named one of the top 18 in the world for innovation by European CEOs. She has worked with business managers at every level in areas of strategic management, legal aspects of human resources management, project management and leadership. 

Her business background is varied, having owned a small firm, mentored small business owners through Senior Corps of Retired Executives, served as an expert witness or investigator in cases involving compensation or employment-related discrimination and was an examiner for quality for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.