Karen A. Kuder, Administrative Assistant

Karen Kuder joined the ATS staff in 1994 as an administrative assistant. Additionally, she works with the director of accreditation and leadership education and the director of accreditation and institutional evaluation to plan annual seminars and meetings for the Chief Academic Officers Society, Committee on Race and Ethnicity, Women in Leadership, Senior Women Administrators, and African American Presidents.

Prior to coming to ATS, Kuder worked in administrative positions at J.J. Gumberg Co., Fotomat Corporation, PPG Industries, and was secretary to Bishop Anthony Bevilacqua at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.

Her educational pursuits include a BS in business administration from Robert Morris University where she graduated magna cum laude.

In her spare time, Kuder serves as cantor in her home parish and as a volunteer phone worker for Contact Beaver Valley, a 24-hour crisis hotline. She and her husband, John, reside in Beaver, Pennsylvania, and have two adult daughters and one grandson.