Kara Monroe

President and Founder, Monarch Strategies LLC

Kara Monroe is founder and president of Monarch Strategies, a consulting firm providing expert consulting to higher education organizations across the country as well as leadership development to organizations of all types. As president of Monarch Strategies, she also serves in several corporate advisory capacities including senior advisor to Packback, an educational technology firm that uses artificial intelligence to help students improve their writing. Prior to founding Monarch Strategies, Kara spent 25 years in education – both in the classroom and in institutional administration. Her most recent position was as the provost and senior vice president for student and academic experience at Ivy Tech Community College, Indiana’s 19 campus community college.