Board of Directors: Karen Nagy

Karen Nagy was appointed Assistant Vice President for the Arts in April 2008. In this newly created role, she will help lead the Stanford Arts Initiative. Karen came to Stanford in 1986 to head the Music Library and Archive of Recorded Sound. She played a key role in planning and internal project management for the renovation of the Bing Wing of Green Library, which opened in the Fall of 1999 after a ten-year closure following the Loma Prieta Earthquake. From 2001 to 2008 she was the Executive Dean for the School of Humanities and Sciences. Additionally, she has spoken and published in the area of managing change in the academic environment. Karen served on the University Management Group and she is also on the Provost's Budget Advisory Group. She has been on the core planning team for the University Arts Initiative and in that capacity is currently leading the effort to complete an Arts Facilities Master Plan for the University.