About Joseph Karsner
In addition to his lengthy professional accolades, Joseph Karsner has an extremely full personal life as well. He is a man of many hobbies and passions. Mr. Karsner is the parent of three wonderful children, Bryan, Theresa, and Timothy, with whom he enjoys spending much of his free time. As a lifelong resident of Maryland, he also has many local friends with whom he enjoys visiting.
Mr. Karsner is an avid sports fan, and enjoys collecting baseball cards and sports autographs. As a Maryland resident born and bred, Mr. Karsner is a huge fan of Baltimore Orioles legendary shortstop (and later, third baseman) Cal Ripken, Jr. and has quite an impressive Ripken memorabilia collection. Mr. Karsner also enjoys watching professional baseball and football, as well as college basketball. He is also a collector of John F. Kennedy memorabilia, and lives by the quote “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”
Mr. Karsner also enjoys traveling around the world, and closer to home visiting Maryland’s oceanfront and local lakes. He is also an avid reader, with interests in topics as diverse as the United States Civil War to biographies about Presidents, Military Leaders, explorers and inventors. He also enjoys reading books by successful entrepreneurs, most notably by Strategic Coach Program co-founder Dan Sullivan.
Other authors which Mr. Karsner recommends are Steve Hand, Roger McCarty, Michael Beschloss, Richard Reeves, Doris Kearns-Goodwin and Robert Dallek.