"I worked with Karen for eight years at Amnesty International USA and during those years the organization’s public profile had never been higher. That was in large measure because of Karen and the communications team she selected; the media and digital strategies she devised, and the opportunities she seized, quickly and creatively, to place Amnesty on the frontlines of breaking news.  Karen is a facile writer, an excellent crisis manager, and a wise counselor.  She's skilled at leveraging the immediate moment to raise an organization's visibility but never loses sight of the long view. Any executive can feel confident having her deep experience and good sense at his or her disposal.” 

“Karen is a masterful communicator and strategic leader. She is clever, thoughtful, nimble, and innovative. Karen served as the communications consultant for our small national multi-ethnic feminist research and advocacy organization, where she used her superb journalistic skills and vast network of media talent to repeatedly land coverage for our issues. Karen excels at making the complicated simple and accessible. She knows how to bring out the best in people with her powerful and understated presence that always gets results. Karen’s the best in the business!”

“I so admire and appreciate how Karen led the organization’s communications, including her sophisticated knowledge of integrated communications/advocacy campaigns, her diligence in driving impact and value, her willingness to take risks, her complete engagement in the work, and the collaborative way in which she worked with us, partners, and internal clients and constituents.  We always had great trust in her as a partner.”

“Karen is a smart, strategic, and savvy communicator and an excellent writer and editor.  A former journalist, she knows the news business inside and out.  In her nine years at the Law Center, she and her team dramatically increased media coverage.  She oversaw phenomenal growth on our social media channels and developed engaging public education campaigns that mobilized supporters, brought us new visibility, and created change. Karen is a consummate communications professional.”