OSUN Faculty

Caitlin O'Donnell

Bard College

MBA, Sustainable Business, Bard College; B.A., Political Science, The State University of New York at New Paltz. Caitlin O’Donnell joins the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) and Open Society University Network (OSUN) after several years working in Admissions and Recruiting for Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability. Caitlin worked as the key point of contact for domestic and international prospective graduate students and drew upon her knack for project management to bring admissions and recruitment initiatives to fruition. While at Bard’s Graduate Programs in Sustainability, Caitlin earned her MBA in Sustainable Business. Caitlin co-founded the Bard MBA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and serves on the Bard MBA Strategic Growth Committee, College Council for Inclusive Excellence, and Staff Mentor Committee. In her role with the Center for Civic Engagement and the Open Society University Network, Caitlin will be working with OSUN leadership on cultivating partnerships, management of partner institution relations, oversight of Bard-sponsored programs, and helping to assure that the link between the CCE and OSUN is operating effectively. Caitlin’s interests lie at the intersection between environmental and social sustainability with a particular focus on developing organization level strategies to reorient existing structures to uplift individuals from all backgrounds and social groups into leadership roles and drawing upon the power of network building and collaboration to equip future leaders to address the world’s most pressing challenges.

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