Kara has spent her 25-year career helping professional services firms use deep customer knowledge to develop solutions that meet the needs of the right customers, at the right time. Kara has driven company growth across various business-to-business organizations by fostering strong collaborations between expert project delivery leaders and business development and marketing strategies.

As leader of the company’s marketing and business development functions, Kara empowers teams to create a far superior experience, for both internal and external customers. Kara is also an in-house expert on PACE financing. Kara currently serves on the board of ASK, a non-profit reimagining social, technical, and environmental issues using design-thinking and applied research.

Prior to joining Mortenson, Kara served in organizations from start-ups to leading sales enablement for the North America region of a $1B global publicly traded company. Kara holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BS in Communication Studies from the University of Minnesota.