Karen Fryday-Field is the Senior Partner of Meridian Edge Leadership and Governance Consulting located in London, Canada. Meridian Edge provides governance, strategic thinking, and organization development and consulting services to Boards and Senior Leadership Teams. The goal at Meridian is to develop effective ways to add value at the governance level. One client organization, The Michener Institute, won runner-up for the Spencer Stewart Award for Governance Excellence in the public sector, over two different years, presented by the Conference Board of Canada. Several Boards Karen has coached have been recognized for their governance contribution nationally and internationally.

Karen has been a Governance Consultant and researcher since 1994 and completed the Policy Governance Academy Program in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996. Her client list of non-profit, public and for-profit/corporate Boards in Canada and the United States and internationally is extensive.

Karen is the immediate Past Chair of the Brescia University Board, Canada’s only women’s university, and is the co-leader of the Board Chair Network for the Canadian Universities Board Association. She also serves as the part time CEO for GOVERN for IMPACT.