Karen L. Jurjevich is Principal of Branksome Hall, a leading private International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for girls located in Toronto, Ontario, and is also the Chief Executive Officer of Branksome Hall Global.

Prior to joining Branksome Hall in 1998, Ms. Jurjevich was a Principal in the Toronto District School Board and, from 1988 to 1992, taught at Havergal College in Toronto, Ontario. Prior thereto, Ms. Jurjevich held a number of teaching positions and was previously a member of the Board of the Canadian Accredited Independent Schools, the Board of the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario, the International Baccalaureate and North American Independent Schools Task Force. Ms. Jurjevich graduated from the Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.