Karen McCullough knows branding and knows how great brands become great. She worked for respected brands. She studied high performing brands. And she built a successful brand from the ground up. Karen is an inspiring speaker who draws on her varied background as a highly successful educator, businesswoman, entrepreneur, and CEO to enlighten and entertain audiences from some of the world’s top companies, universities, and organizations. Karen began her career as the youngest employee at an upscale department store in Cleveland, Ohio, where her mother worked as the first female credit manager. As a tribute to her infectious spirit, Karen was dubbed the store mascot. She worked her way up in a number of roles for the company, eventually becoming a sales associate in women’s fashion and later in menswear. Karen’s entrepreneurial spirit ignited and she began pursuing her passion by opening an Art Gallery in San Antonio, Texas while simultaneously raising her young family. She later worked for two of the world’s most powerful fashion brands, Ralph Lauren and The Limited where she first started analyzing the internal culture of large organizations — both what fuels them and what holds them back. She applied what she learned and launched her own retail business, which she grew from one store into a multimillion dollar chain of four stores. In 1997, after selling the business, Karen became a retail marketing and branding consultant. For the next three years, she energized business owners and executives to approach their work and their life with a fresh, new attitude. Key strategies for growth positioned her clients for future success. Karen realized that her greatest impact was through developing numerous programs for her clients. She was encouraged to take her message to a broader business audience. Today Karen speaking career has benefited many fortune 500 companies, associations and small business. She is frequently sought after to coach emerging and seasoned speakers. In 2006, Karen received the prestigious Certified Speaking Professional designation, which has been bestowed upon fewer than 7% of the 5,000 speakers who belong to the International Federation of Professional Speakers. She has been honored with multiple awards, including the Toastmasters International Communications and Leadership Award and the John Wolf Award for speaking excellence. Karen McCullough is an active member of the National Speakers Association and served as president of the Houston chapter in 2006. She is active in Dress for Success and The Woman’s Home. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Ohio State University where she also performed graduate work in education. Titles Change is Good, You Go First! 360 Branding - Personal Branding for Success Stand By Your Brand-Your Employees Make the Difference Generations! A New Game in the Workplace - The rules, the roles, and the players have changed. So far, a winner has not emerged. Supercharge Your Productivity - Workshop Knock-Out Sales Presentations - Stand Out from the Pack and Get Results Keeping Women on the Leadership Track, The Female Equation The Seven Women, The Female Secret Branding Your Dental Practice for Success (or other practice-tailored to your industry) Topics Success, Sales, Stress, Women, Leadership, Business Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $5,000 - $7,499 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State TX Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.