A passionate professional, Karen's extensive and unrelenting servant leadership to the engineering profession is evident through the trailblazing success of her female-led consulting company, numerous awards and distinctions from engineering and business organizations and her contributions to professional guidelines, policy and education with ACEC-BC, BC Housing, Engineers and Geoscientists BC, Engineers Canada, and government, community and academic organizations. Beginning early in her career and continuing today, Karen has catalyzed change in the engineering community to the betterment of technical practice, and for meaningful culture change to support diverse participation in the profession.