Karen Vignare currently serves as the Director of MSU Global Ventures at Michigan State University. In that role, Karen is responsible for creating online entrepreneurial approaches for extending both non-credit and credit programs at MSU. She supervises and manages end to end processes starting with business development, technology planning, instructional design and customer services. She works closely with various departments on campus regarding effective choices of technology for achieving best results in online and blended learning. She manages several business ventures for MSUglobal including award winning My Horse University.