Our People

Specialties: Content/Editorial, Art Direction/Digital Design, Creative Services, Brand Development, Public Relations

Karen is a Managing Partner of The Howard-Sloan-Koller Group and directs the firm’s recruitment in the areas of cross-platform content and creative direction, as well as public relations and corporate communications. She leads business development and execution of searches for senior-level content, creative and communications talent across all media platforms, while also participating in marketing and general management searches. In addition, Karen supervises the firm’s general operations and "best practices." Karen joined HSK in 1988 to build the firm’s capabilities on the content side of the media business, after a 12-year career in editorial leadership.

Karen’s specialty is to help clients identify and attract content and communication leaders who are not only creative, but business and brand focused — qualities that are more critical than ever. Karen’s hands-on client-service perspective ensures that the search process and its results are aligned with a client company’s culture, success and profitability.

Prior to entering the search business, Karen was a content leader in B2B and Association publishing. She was the launch Editor-in-Chief of Software Business for CMP Media. Previously, she was an Editorial Director at the American Bar Association in Chicago where she oversaw three magazines for attorneys.

Karen has a BA in journalism and political science from the University of Michigan and is a member of the Online News Association, the Custom Publishing Council, Women in Communications, and a past member of Society of National Association Publications. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and is often quoted in the media as an expert in job market trends and recruitment in media.