Kara Buckley

  • Kara is a Senior Advisor, consulting at the intersection of impact and innovation in sport. She has advised leaders at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, LA28, Riot Games, and two startups backed by Nike Founder Phil Knight.

    Previously, she was a Global Director at Visa, leading partnerships with Olympians and Paralympians. She is also an author, publishing her first book titled “Pure Grit: Stories of Remarkable People Living with Physical Disability” with co-author Lily Collison in 2021.

    Kara received a dual Bachelor of Arts in Business and Spanish at the University of Oregon. After a decade in New York and San Francisco, she currently resides in Bend, Oregon with her husband and three awesome kids.

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