Karen is a Principal at Cadent Consulting Group and has spent more than 30 years in Consulting, Global Marketing and Brand Management.

Prior to joining Cadent, Karen was a Vice President of Consulting at Meridian Consulting Group. She has worked with clients across several areas including company and brand strategy, category management and selling platform development, shopper research/insights, organizational structure, and process wiring.

Prior to Consulting, Karen spent many years in Marketing, both globally and domestically, in consumer packaged goods, the pharmaceutical industry, and financial services with Unilever, Maybelline-Garnier, Bayer, Clairol, and Citicorp.

Karen received her BS from the State University of NY @ Binghamton and her MBA from Columbia Business School.