Karen joined the VRP team in April 2022 and transitioned to Brownfields Coordinator in November 2022 bringing 19 years of environmental and engineering consulting experience with her. Karen has a B.S. in Geoscience and a M.A. in Education from Virginia Tech. She is a licensed geologist in Virginia and North Carolina and has extensive experience in soil, groundwater, and vapor monitoring as it relates to site investigations and risk assessments.

Karen prides herself on being a Brownfields ambassador through community engagement that supports and promotes site assessment and redevelopment of Brownfield sites throughout the state and has worked closely with stakeholders on dozens of Brownfields sites funded through grants from EPA and VDEQ.

Karen also has experience in landfill monitoring and permitting, NEPA assessments, VPDES permitting and associated stormwater monitoring, and geotechnical site sampling. Recently Karen was accepted as Adjunct Faculty with the Geoscience Department at Virginia Tech supporting new outreach and collaboration opportunities for VDEQ.