Vice President -
Information Technology and CIO
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Karen has worked in the electric utility industry for 27 years.
As CIO and vice president of Information Technology, Karen leads a team of technical professionals responsible for TECO Energy's corporate computing systems. Under her leadership, TECO Energy has been recognized several times as one of the "100 Best Places to Work in IT" and among the "Top 500 Companies in Technology Innovation."
Karen serves on the board of the Boys and Girls Club of Tampa Bay, and is a past chair of the board of the Hillsborough Community College Foundation. Other community services Karen is involved in are Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and the church ministries at Bible-Based Fellowship Church in Tampa.
Nationally, Karen received the first-ever Woman of Color in Technology "Chairman's Award," recognizing the achievements of the nation's top minority engineers, scientists and technologists. In February 2010, she was listed as one of Black Enterprise's 75 Most Powerful Women in Business, and in November 2010, the 129-year-old American Association of University Women selected Karen as a "Woman of Distinction" for exhibiting professional excellence in her field, providing leadership and working to promote education and social justice.
Karen has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Orleans and a Master of Business Administration from Loyola University New Orleans.
