Be a Person for Others" with Karen Corbett Sanders, Co-Director of the Regional Elected Leaders Initiative at George Mason University

Karen Corbett Sanders has built a career across international business, technology, public education, and elected service, with relationships and listening as a constant thread.

Drawing on experiences from corporate boardrooms in Europe to eight years on the Fairfax County School Board, Karen reflects on why leaders need to slow down, create space to think, and listen beyond the loudest voices. She explores the important transition from campaigning to governing, the courage it takes to say "I need to think about this," and why strong communities depend on relationships built long before a difficult decision demands them.

Today, Karen helps bring elected leaders from across Northern Virginia together to learn from one another, build relationships across jurisdictional boundaries, and tackle regional challenges no community can solve alone.

Her advice for getting started is wonderfully simple: Pick up the phone.

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