Karen Marsh is one of the participants in the Governor’s Leadership Foundation (GLF) program this year. She has recently changed job and was delighted to share with the team at the Leaders Institute of South Australia that she feels the GLF program has greatly contributed to her career change. Of course we love to hear these stories, so I met for a coffee with Karen to find out more.
In 2011 Karen Marsh started working as Enterprise Manager for ANAT, the Australian Network for Art and Technology. In her role she was looking for new income streams for this not-for-profit organisation. Who could have guessed that her search for new opportunities would lead her to purchasing the first 3D printer in Australia and starting Fab Lab Adelaide? Thanks to the financial support of the South Australian Government, who saw potential in the 3D future of transforming manufacturing among other things, Fab Lab opened its doors in 2012. Managed by ANAT, Fab Lab Adelaide is based in the Adelaide College of the Arts and has a growing community of users of 3D printing and fabrication equipment and services.
Last year Karen felt is was time to spread her wings and push herself a bit into new directions and the GLF seemed to be exactly what she was looking for. She is one of the lucky participants that could realise this dream thanks to the help of a GLF Alumni scholarship. As a single Mum working part time it wouldn’t have been possible for her to take this next step in her career without this financial support. That she is grateful for this chance becomes very obvious when listening to her experiences of the program so far, and her examples of personal and professional development she is going through. Continue reading
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