Karen S. Carter

Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Inclusion Officer

Dow

I just try to make the biggest difference possible with the time that I have on the planet.

About Karen S.

I grew up in Wichita, Kansas.
I earned my bachelor’s degree in marketing from Howard University—it was important to me to attend an HBCU so that I could be around successful people who looked like me.
After undergrad, I earned a master’s degree in international business from DePaul University.
I built my career with The Dow Chemical Company and have been with the company for 28 years.
Most of my experience with Dow has been on the business side, managing profit and loss.
In 2017, our CEO asked me to become the company’s first chief inclusion officer to make sure we had a strategy focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
I did that for about 18 months before expanding my responsibilities to chief human resources officer.
I’ve been fortunate to travel around the world with Dow and am excited to ultimately return home to Wichita in the future.