Background
Ball, Karen Elaine was born on July 31, 1947 in Ames, Iowa, United States. Daughter of John Alfred and Arlene Elizabeth Ball.
Ball, Karen Elaine was born on July 31, 1947 in Ames, Iowa, United States. Daughter of John Alfred and Arlene Elizabeth Ball.
Bachelor in English, University Northern Iowa, 1969. Postgraduate, University Iowa, 1973. Master of Science in Psychology, California State University, Hayward, 1984.
Urban planner, United South End Settlements, Boston, 1974-1979; urban planner, Oakland (California) Tree Task Force, 1979-1981; marketing manager, Kaiser Engineers, Oakland, 1981-1984; marketing manager, EQE Inc., San Francisco, 1984-1988; marketing director, De Tienne Associations, San Francisco, 1988-1990; marketing director, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc., San Francisco, since 1990. Speaker RFP User Group, Chicago, 1992, SMPS Marketing Coord. Workshop, San Francisco, 1990, 92.
Auxiliary member A Friendly Place, Oakland, 1992. Board directors Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome project of East Bay, Oakland, 1989-1991. Volunteer A Safe Place, Oakland, 1980-1985.
Sponsor Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon, 1989, 92. Founding member St. Paul Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Task Force, Oakland, since 1987. Parish county member St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Member American Institute of Architects, American Planning Association, Society for Marketing Professional Superior vena cava syndrome (steering committee 1991-1992, national publication since 1988), Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Professional Environmental Marketing Association, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association.
Married Thomas Craig Carpenter, August 26, 1967 (divorced 1970). Children: Carolyn, Gretchen.
