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Karen L Sisson

VP for Business and Finance · Kalamazoo College

VP for Business and Finance at Kalamazoo College. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 1 organization on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 1 other individual we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
1
Roles reported
1
Others who share this name
1

Who this is

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Reported as VP for Business and Finance of Kalamazoo College, based in Kalamazoo, MI.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Karen L. Sisson is Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer at the California Institute of Technology, a position she held since October 2021.

She brings extensive experience in higher education and municipal finance, having previously led financial operations at Pomona College and the City of Los Angeles.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

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Tenure here
October 2021 – July 2026
Education
  • Claremont Graduate University

Affiliations

Organizations

Kalamazoo College VP for Business and Finance · $96.8M revenue · Kalamazoo, MITHE MISSION OF KALAMAZOO COLLEGE IS TO PREPARE ITS GRADUATES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, LIVE SUCESSFULLY WITHIN, AND PROVIDE ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIP TO A…Filed FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Karen L Sisson

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Karen L Sisson 1 organization · Pasadena, CACalifornia Institute of Technology

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$252K
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VP for Business and Finance, Assistant Treasurer · FY2024
$233K
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Provost · FY2024
$214K
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VP for Student Development · FY2024
$197K
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VP Admission and Financial Aid · FY2024
$192K
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Academic Director, Arcus Center · FY2021
$167K
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VP Business and Finance - Part Year · FY2021
$160K
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Associate Vice President & Chief Info. Officer · FY2024
$149K
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Associate Vice President for Development · FY2024
$145K
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Professor of History · FY2020
$143K
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Associate Provost Is · FY2021
$141K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org