Karen Boatman joined Amarillo College in 2007. She received her Business Administration Computer Information Systems Associate degree from Amarillo College in 2005 and continued her education at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. She graduated OPSU Cum Laude 2007 with a Bachelor of Business Administration Computer Information Systems. She finished her education at Wayland Baptist University in 2014 acquiring a Master Business Administration Management Information Systems degree. She has been teaching CIS full time for AC since fall of 2015. Karen was promoted to CIS Coordinator position fall 2020.