“I worked very closely with Karin Turer for several years. She is reliable, diligent, and resourceful, and her work spearheading MassBike’s annual Bike Festival was tremendous. On a limited budget, she created a memorable and fun event with extremely unique touches (including a Pie Race that people are still talking about years later) and mobilized a dedicated group of dozens of volunteers whom she cultivated and motivated to return, year after year. She is a pleasure to work with and someone to whom I would gladly entrust any event.”
Dorie Clark, Duke & Columbia Business Professor; WSJ Bestselling Author
“I have been working for many years with Karin on our annual signature events for children, Duckling Day and Making History on the Common. She is enthusiastic, creative, super-organized, and willing to take on any task to make the events a success. She is always flexible and cheerful even when the weather is terrible. Since Making History on the Common is held rain or shine, it has been known to pour, and the event must go on! An example of her creativity is how Karin was critical in our pivot to successful virtual events when the pandemic hit.”
Susan Abell, Director of Communications and Outreach at Friends of The Public Garden
“Karin is gifted at developing big picture event strategy and managing every minute detail with good humor, warmth and precision. She aims for optimal results in terms of guest engagement, low costs, net funds raised and signature, well-branded and unforgettable experiences. She has led our event team two years in a row and I hope she will do so for many more!”
Karen Keating Ansara, Founder/Chair at Network of Engaged International Donors Global
“Karin is the best! We hired her this year to plan and run our first-ever Tech Goes Home Summer Celebration, an outdoor family fun day to celebrate our graduates. She was a pleasure to work with - buoyant, organized, resourceful, and cool under pressure. I would definitely recommend working with her and look forward to doing so again soon!”
Theodora Higginson Hanna, co-CEO, Tech Goes Home
“Karin has managed two large Ciclismo Classico events every year since 2012, including my annual Ciclismo Classico Bicycle Travel Film Festival. With Karin I could set goals of the event and she works hard behind the scenes taking care of everything. She has not only managed the event but has helped ensure that it is well-attended. She is easy and fun to work with. Her energy and ever-ready smile are an inspiration to our team!”
Lauren Hefferon, founder and CEO, Ciclismo Classico
“Like many executive directors, I have the "our organization can do it ourselves" mentality. After my first 10-minute phone consultation with Karin I was already seeing the value she provided for our event. We hired Karin as the Night of Volunteer Coordinator for our Foodie Crawl, an event with more than 50 volunteers and 700+ attendees. Her role was to effectively deploy volunteers to over 14 sites and three after parties. Karin far exceeded her title in the value she provided. In our preliminary meeting, Karin helped me to map out the entire evening with regards to volunteer tasks. Many of our volunteers commented it was the best organized event they had volunteered at. In fact, her suggestions lead it to have fewer glitches than any event we've held in nearly 6 years of major event planning. It was the best money we could have spent with regards to having a successful event.”
Carrie Dancy Niemy, former Executive Director at East Somerville Main Streets