Karen Horting

Karen Horting is the executive director and CEO for the Society of Women Engineers, a position she has held since Dec. 31, 2013. SWE is a nearly 45,000-member global professional organization for women and allies in engineering. Horting has more than 25 years of experience in association management. Horting came to SWE in March 2004 from the New York Academy of Sciences, where she served as director of strategic planning. Before her role with NYAS, Horting worked for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), managing both marketing and fund development on a global level for Science's Next Wave. Prior to her association work, she spent 10 years in the paint industry. Horting holds a B.S. in biology from Northern Illinois University and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves on the FIRST Robotics Board of Directors, the STEM Ed Coalition Board of Directors, and the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business Dean's Alumni Board (DAB). In 2019, she was