Karen Bollenbacher Casey

Class of 1966

Juris Doctor from The Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University, Doctoral program in Health Education & Counseling at OSU, M. A. in Public Administration from OSU, B.A. in Psychology from Ohio Dominican College, and a Diploma in Nursing from Mount Carmel School of Nursing. 

Ms. Casey retired after serving for seven years as a CEO for Franklin County Domestic Court & Juvenile Branch in Columbus, Ohio. As Court Director, Ms. Casey was responsible for a 400 employee Court with 5 Judges, managing a $25 M+ budget, a 132 bed juvenile detention center along with developing and coordinating behavioral health and social services for youth and families. Prior to this, Ms. Casey was Court Executive Director for 7 years and Assistant Court Director in Franklin County for 5 years. Earlier in her career, Ms. Casey worked with Community Counseling and mental health agencies for the Franklin County Board of Mental Health. Achievements and Community Involvement are exemplified by service on numerous boards including as a Trustee on the Mount Carmel College of Nursing, the Maryhaven, Inc., and the Alliance for Cooperative Justice, Central Ohio Center for Alcohol Services, Upper Arlington Quality of Life Commission, and Safety Committee Chair for German Village. 

Past service includes a Moritz Scholar Mentor, Emeritus member of the Moritz College of Law National Council. Ms. Casey is a trustee for a charitable trust to provide monies to support research into chronic childhood diseases at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus. She works with the Office of Academic Affairs at OSU & the Ohio Scholarship Challenge initiative to raise undergrad scholarship monies for Parkway High School students who attend OSU. Ms. Casey raises funds to send underprivileged elementary students to summer camp for the arts by singing in a community choral group which donates ticket sales to an endowment fund for the children.