Karen Kling
Community Impact Advisor · The Ownership Initiative
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Community Impact Advisor
The Ownership Initiative
Mar 2025 – PresentInterim Managing Director
University of Michigan
Aug 2023 – Feb 2024Assistant Director of Strategic Projects and Policy Impact
University of Michigan
May 2023 – Feb 2025Senior Strategic Project Manager
University of Michigan - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Apr 2020 – May 2023Detroit Mayor's Office Affordable Housing Policy Fellow
City of Detroit
Jun 2018 – Apr 2020Graduate Student Instructor
Taubman College of Architecture - University of Michigan
Sep 2017 – Apr 2018Editor in Chief - Agora Journal of Urban Planning and Design
Taubman College of Architecture - University of Michigan
May 2017 – Apr 2018Equity Intern
Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development
May 2017 – Sep 2017Analyst
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Apr 2015 – Jul 2016Analyst
Dunnhumby
Jun 2013 – Apr 2015Intern
Dunnhumby
Jun 2012 – Aug 2012
Education
University of Michigan
Master's Degree
Miami University
Bachelor of Science in Business

