Karen Hamilton is an experienced communications and advancement professional at the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, she is responsible for the strategic planning of the school's stewardship program to engage current and prospective donors, alumni and friends. She manages a team whose efforts help cultivate lifelong relationships between donors and the School and advance their philanthropic support of priorities in global business education. As associate director of communications and stewardship in undergraduate financial aid development, she developed and executed stewardship and communications strategies for named scholarships with a special emphasis on annual reporting and personalized stewardship for major donors as well as the print and digital content related to these efforts.

Hamilton serves as a member of the Campaign Committee for the African American Museum of Philadelphia. She is an active parent in the Phil-Mont Christian Academy community, where she co-founded the Carter G. Woodson Society of Phil-Mont, an organization dedicated to integrating the celebration of African-American culture and history into the school.

She holds a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in journalism from Temple University.