Karen H. Richardson, PMP
Contact: KHRichardson5@gmail.com
Phone: 502-296-7634
Professional Summary
Karen H. Richardson is a certified project management professional (PMP) with varied experience in project management and communications. She has the ability to lead a team, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively. Karen’s leadership style empowers a team and delivers the business value on a project. She is looking forward to utilizing her communications skills in a project management role.
Professional Skills
- Project management
- 6 years of IT project team experience
- IT communications strategy
- Stakeholder engagement
- Resource and schedule management
- Experience in both predictive and agile methods
- Critical thinking/problem-solving
- Microsoft suite advanced
- Video production
- Ability to create order from chaos
Professional Roles
Humana (KForce) (2020 – present)
IT Communications Consultant
- Plan and execute communications strategy around IT projects
- Promote stakeholder adoption of new Microsoft tools
- Establish and execute project schedule
- Develop process for tracking content schedule
- Work with the project team for enterprise-wide software deployments
- Write articles for enterprise-wide distribution
- Advanced Microsoft Office 365 skills
National Center for Families Learning– national non-profit (2017 – 2020)
Director of Communications
- Produce national conference with 1,000+ in attendance
- Work with team to design stage setting, lighting, and run of show
- Develop and implement national communication/media strategy
- Create talking points for literacy initiatives
- Story-telling video production
- Manage social media strategy and track engagement
- Manage communications team (including hiring and dismissing)
K.H. Richardson & Co., llc –marketing & communications (2011 – 2017)
Contractor/Consultant
- Video production and script development
- Event production of 1,000+ in attendance
- Participate on IT project team for healthcare software deployment
- Develop communication strategy for stakeholders
- Collaborate with project team
- Evaluate/establish marketing plan
- Project planning and coordination
- Advertising copy development
- Task tracking and organization
- Campaign-driven results
- Social Media Strategy
Christian Academy School System – four-school system with 3,000 students (2009 – 2011)
Director of Development & Alumni Affairs
- Participate on construction project team to renovate and build multi-building campus
- Develop and implement a capital campaign strategy
- Establish communication plan and strategy to engage donor/stakeholders
- Establish a process for pledge tracking and collection
- Develop a strategy for two capital campaigns
- Establish annual alumni events
Sunrise Children’s Services –non-profit agency that cares for children who have been abused (2005 – 2009)
Vice President of Marketing & Advancement
- Organization spokesperson
- Develop the strategic fundraising, communications and marketing plan for the agency
- Develop and manage department budget
- Supervise a team of nine
- Responsible for a department fundraising goal of $3.5 million annually
Director for Communications
- Develop and implement state-wide agency marketing and public relations plan focusing on the name change to Sunrise Children’s Services
- Develop a communication strategy for internal and external stakeholders
- Develop and manage an annual communications budget of approximately $400,000
- Annual giving event planning
- Media relations including implementing a crisis communication plan
- Recreate the look of marketing materials including quarterly newsletter into a magazine
EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
B.A. in Journalism, Western Kentucky University
- Public Relations major, Writing and Business minor
- Project Management Professional (PMP) (2021)
- Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) (2020)
- Leadership Louisville Graduate (class of ’02)
- Focus Louisville Graduate (September 1994)
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Leadership/Board membership
- Project Management Institute current member
- Maya Collection board of directors, secretary (2020 – present)
- Youth group leader (2013 – 2018)
- School of the Arts Booster President (2012 – 2018)
- Kentucky Shakespeare Festival board member (2009 – 2015), past chairman
- Hands-On Louisville founding board (2003 – 2006)
- Focus Louisville Alumni board (2003 – 2004)
- The Mint Jubilee – a derby-eve celebrity gala with over 1,000 in attendance
- Chair Emeritus (1997 to 2006)
Teaching/Committee membership/Honors
- Junior Achievement Classroom Volunteer (1999 – 2002)
- Daybreak Instructor (2003-2010)
- Leadership team for Singles Ministry, Southeast Christian Church (2005 – 2008)
- Business First 40 Young Business Leaders under Forty recipient