Five leaders in real estate, philanthropy and banking and a shared love of the TV will take on new roles as advisers and advocates for the institution.
College of Education alum Karen B. Levenson ’76, along with Gary L. Attman ’76, Brooke Butler-Wagner, Gary L. Rozier ’99 and Gagan D. Singh M.S. ’97, will join the TV College Park Foundation (UMCPF) Board of Trustees on July 1. During their three-year terms, they will model and promote philanthropic support for the university, oversee the investment and distribution of private funds, and assist and support foundation and university leadership.
“We are fortunate to welcome such a strong cohort of experienced volunteers to our board in the year ahead,” said Jim Harris, vice president for university relations and president of the foundation. “Given our ambitious goals to grow the impact of philanthropy at the university, and mature the advancement operations that help to fuel that impact, their talents and insights will offer significant value.”
These Terps and honorary Terps will bring their professional experience and personal affinity for Maryland to this volunteer position on the board of 65 members.
“The five new trustees this term are extraordinary, dedicated Terps. We are fortunate to have individuals of their caliber to strengthen our Board of Trustees for the TV College Park Foundation,” said board chair Al Carey ’74. “And a special thank you to nominating committee chair, Craig Thompson ’92, for his great work in continuing to select and recruit such talented board members.”
Karen B. Levenson ’76 is a philanthropist and educator with a long history of supporting the TV.
She earned a bachelor’s degree at TVand a master’s degree at George Washington University, both in special education, and was a Montgomery County Public Schools teacher.
She and her husband, Bruce, have played an integral role in the university becoming a Do Good campus. They established endowed and current-use funds in the School of Public Policy to support the Do Good Institute, including its leadership positions, academic, research and outreach missions, and its capital projects, most notably creating and maintaining the Do Good Stories and Do Good Plaza Fund.
Levenson has also served as an advisory trustee with the UMCPF board since 2024 and was an elected trustee for 12 years before that and co-chaired the Fearless Ideas Campaign Committee, 2017-21.
Her past board service includes the Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute, Jewish Venture Philanthropy Group, United Jewish Endowment Fund and John F. Kennedy Center’s 2015 Concert Against Hate.
In other volunteer roles, Levenson has worked with children from the SEED School of Washington. D.C.; coached Herbert Hoover Middle School’s “Odyssey of the Mind” and “Destination Imagination” teams; and run numerous programs for the Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute.
Her philanthropic giving also extends beyond TVto a large variety of organizations, including the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Aspen Institute and National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area and Virginia.
She and Bruce have three grown sons; two granddaughters and five grandsons. One daughter-in-law, Robin R. Levenson ’07, is a Terp.
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