BTCI Staff    

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  Karin Borgh, Ph.D.

Karin Borgh is Executive Director of BTCI. She received a B.A. in Japanese from Stanford University and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Child and Family Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Before leaving academia to help establish BTCI in 1993, Karin taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, focusing on teacher training.  

For the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Karin serves as Adjunct Professor for the Master of Science Program in Biotechnology and as Volunteer Faculty for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Laboratory Science Program.  She is a member of the Advisory Committee for Gateway Technical College's Bioscience Program and of Madison Area Technical College's K-16 Partnership Council.  Karin is the Honorary Director of Promega-Hannam BTCI for Hannam University, Daejeon, Korea.

She chairs the Education Committee for the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association and serves on the NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Advisory Committee.  Karin is also a discussion leader for “Medical Ethics and Palliative Medicine,” a required course for medical students at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

In 2002, Karin received the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Business Education Partnership Award.  At the request of Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster, she is currently serving on the Department's Leadership Team for the American Diploma Project and Partnership for 21st Skills in Wisconsin.

Contact: karin.borgh@btci.org

See also:

• Statement of Purpose
• Overview
• Board of Directors
• Staff
• Program Partners 2006/2007