As the Director of Accounting Operations at Unity Business Advisors, Karen is highly involved in overseeing bookkeeping/accounting and financial statement preparation. She oversees the accounting process and continually makes changes so that client projects can be completed in a timely, efficient, and high-quality manner.

Karen has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for 13 years; 8 years in Washington and 5 years in California. She has also been a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) for 13 years. In the past, Karen worked in Amazon's accounting department. In this multinational technology company, she obtained significant accounting knowledge related to retail revenue recognition, operating expenses, and accrual accounting, as well as analytical skills, particularly related to budgeted vs actual financial results. She also acquired project management skills related to business launches and the related accounting needs related to those launches.

Karen has also worked at two of the largest public accounting firms worldwide, Ernst & Young in Sacramento, San Jose and San Francisco, and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Seattle.

Outside of work, Karen is very passionate about all things related to music, including attending concerts (at least 25 so far) and musicals. She's an active volunteer at her children's school. She also loves to travel, be on the water, go for hikes, read books, attend live theater, watch movies, and spend time with her husband and two children.