Karen Perham-Lippman

Dr. Karen Perham-Lippman serves as Senior Manager of Global Inclusion and Belonging at Otis Worldwide Corporation. As a pracademic and mission-driven business strategist with nearly fifteen years of demonstrated strategic and process thinking results in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), ESG, and social impact, she has worked with nonprofits, state government, municipal clients, and businesses across diverse industries and sectors globally.

Karen is a community leader, author, and public speaker. As a member of the Forbes Human Resources Council, her thought leadership appears on Forbes. She served two consecutive terms by gubernatorial appointment on Colorado’s Business Experiential Learning Commission and her commitment to service includes regional and global nonprofit board leadership, with recognition for her work supporting women in STEM and youth and families in poverty. Karen teaches business, communications, and organizational leadership as an adjunct professor at undergraduate and graduate levels.

She holds a Certified Diversity Professional credential, a certification in designing equitable courses from the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), and a certification in Ethics of AI from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership and Business Management from Eastern University and was honored with the 2025 Student Service Award. Dr. Perham-Lippman and has been published with Ethics International Press, Emerald Publishing, Forbes, Merits International Journal, SAGE Publishing, and Senior Executive. Her forthcoming book, Bridging Generations: Transformative Intergenerational Leadership and Followership, will be available from Emerald Publishing in Spring 2027.