Director of FinTech & Payments
FS-ISAC
Karen spent over 20 years in banking, primarily in bank operations focused on payments, information technology, and business resilience. She then served financial institutions in the cards arena at a payment processor.
At FS-ISAC, Karen is dedicated to putting her diverse payment and banking experience to work to build a collaborative payments community focused on battling threats to the financial sector. Karen is a part of the FS-ISAC team that is actively working on moving the sector to fraud prevention through actionable fraud intelligence sharing. Key initiatives in 2024 included partnering with members in the development of the Cyber Fraud and Phishing Prevention Frameworks. She also started a Digital Assets Council to allow members a platform to work together to address the unique threats and analysis methods associated with cryptocurrency.
Karen has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance & Banking from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and completed the Graduate Banking School, Bank Technology Management School, and Advanced IT Forum at the Graduate School of Banking in Wisconsin.