Karen has 20 years of experience designing and producing corporate identity systems, including logos, proposals, and marketing materials. Karen's expertise is executing complex projects from concept to design, such as annual reports, proposals, and trade show materials.

As a Senior Designer at Computer Sciences Corporation, she won numerous awards including the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) 50, Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, and the District Two Addy. Her work appears in the books Creativity 30 and Creativity 29, for which her work received a gold medal.

Karen has also won the Washington Printer's Guild, Best Use of Paper and the Silver Inkwell Award of Merit.

Karen's association experience includes working as art director for the Door and Hardware Institute and publications coordinator for the American Production and Inventory Control Society.

Karen has a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art.