Karen combines her skills as an applied psychologist with 18 years of engineering and business experience to serve as an executive coach and leadership adviser. She gained corporate management experience in business engineering at BellSouth Corporation. Prior to establishing her own independent coaching and advisory portfolio, Karen held the position of the southeast region coaching practice leader for the world’s largest human resources consulting firm. Her work there included a role in the International Center for Excellence for Coaching to help determine and codify best practices for worldwide implementation. Karen’s high energy has allowed her to develop and implement leadership development programs in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, South Africa, India, Australia and Asia.

Karen is a licensed psychologist and a summa cum laude graduate in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Georgia Tech. She completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Georgia. She is a faculty member at the Global Institute for Leadership Development and a committee member for the doctoral program in applied psychology at Alliant International University. Karen also provides pro bono services for the Disaster Response team of the American Psychological Association.