- Subaward Team Lead
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Coordinator
- Senior Contracting Officer
As the Subaward Team Lead, Karen serves as the co-chair of the Subaward Committee, providing leadership and oversight to a team of negotiators and proposal and award generalists. She conducts Risk Assessments and issuance of Penn State subcontracts while also maintaining her own portfolio of subawards and award negotiations as a Senior Contracting Officer.
Additionally, Karen serves as the coordinator and liaison for the Master Agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.\
Karen began her career at Penn State in 2009 with the Office of Sponsored Programs before expanding her expertise in Research Administration as a Proposal and Award Generalist in the College of Agricultural Sciences and the College of Engineering. She returned to the Office of Sponsored Programs in 2016 and is a presenter for Penn State's ACES Certification and Education Series (ACES).
Karen holds a bachelor's degree in Letters, Arts, and Sciences from The Pennsylvania State University.
Karen negotiates subawards for the following business areas:
- Engineering (A-M)
- IST
- University Outreach