Karen Booker

Meet Karen Booker

Executive VP Operations

Karen Booker is one of those individuals who seem able to build relationships, trust, and rapport with almost anyone, and then are able to broker the relationships and make connections between people, creating dynamic partnerships and alliances, and motivating forward momentum to ‘get things done.’ ‘Getting things done’ and driving results—through collaboration, partnerships, and relationships,—Karen, as a senior manager in a major local government agency and an organizational analyst, is what she is all about. With an enthusiastic and genuinely friendly attitude, Karen radiates a sincere passion for delivering value and benefits to his clients.

With more than three decades of analytical, operational and management experience, Karen has developed a sharp eye for how businesses get inflated with inefficiencies, inconsistencies and miscommunication — and how they can restructure for an agile, sleeker, strategically focused organization. As an entrepreneur who strategically built her own successful consulting business, she also thoughtfully helps other business owners set priorities and create the balance they want between life and work. Having join the IKG Global Consultants team recently as EVP of Operations, Karen’s talents are critical for the evolution of IKG Global Consultants into a holistic mobility resource solution enterprise in the global mobility ecosystem.

Karen Booker holds a Masters in Policy Analysis and Professional Management and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Leadership and Organization Change has several certifications in training and coaching. Karen is an excellent agent of change and life-long learner. She has a documented track record of accomplishments that include the turnaround of chaotic and struggling operations; creation and launch of new and improved educational and operational programs; and growth and expansion of mature, established operations, and managed annual operating and capital budgets upward of hundreds of millions of dollars. Throughout it all, Karen has repeatedly proved her ability to lead through diverse and challenging situations.

Given Karen’s busy schedule, she continues gives back to her city by volunteering on various boards of non-profit organizations designed to empower disenfranchised groups for a better life. Karen is a native New Yorker and enjoys all amenities that the NYC offers with her family.