Carmen Maurer is a 1978 graduate of Hastings College, where she earned a B.A. with majors in Business Administration and Economics. The College’s mentored independent study program was instrumental in her passing the CPA exam in 1977, prior to her graduation.
She continued her education at the Creighton University School of Law, graduating and joining the Nebraska bar in 1981. After completing law school, she served as a clerk for the Nebraska Supreme Court for one year and then entered private practice. Maurer retired in 2021 from the University of Nebraska after 30 years of service on the in-house legal staff, with a practice emphasizing exempt taxation, commercial transactions, policy drafting, governance and athletics. She also served as Corporation Secretary for the Board of Regents and Strategic Advisor to the President.
Maurer is active in the Lincoln community through the music and mission programs at Saint Paul United Methodist Church, Justice-in-Action, neighborhood revitalization and P.E.O.
She joined the Hastings College Board of Trustees in 2020.