
Role at FOREsight
As President and COO of FOREsight, Karen is primarily responsible for ensuring that all client needs are met. In addition to managing FOREsight operations, she provides extensive professional development to boards and finance leaders and has worked with and presented to hundreds of nonprofits around the country. Karen is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including Profiles in Diversity Journal’s “Women Worth Watching” in 2014, which acknowledges women who have distinguished themselves in executive careers. She is also a winner of SmartCEO magazine’s 2014 Executive Management Award for her accomplishments as COO.
Prior Experience
Karen has over fifteen years of accounting, finance and operations management experience. She previously worked as the Director of Finance & Operations for a school as well as an Operations Director for an appellate printing company.
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY, BA IN ECONOMICS
The FOREsight Team
ALTAGRACIA “ALTA” TAVERAS
Finance MANAGER
ALTHEA COPE-REID
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
BRITTANY GREEN
SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGER
CHRISTOPHER DANIELS
Senior Financial Manager
CHRYSTAL MOORE
FINANCE ASSISTANT

CLAUDIO PADILLA
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
COLLIN RAYMOND
Director of Growth
DANA BURTON
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
DAVID OLSON
FINANCE MANAGER
DAWNISHA LANE
Finance Manager
Elaine Schmiedeshoff
Finance Manager
ELIJAH SMITH
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
GRETCHEN WAGNER LIGA
Director of Development Services
HAROLYN BAEZ
Senior Financial Consultant
HEATHER BLUMBERG
Director
JAVONN WRIGHT
ACCOUNTING MANAGER
Jenny Geesaman
Senior Financial Consultant
KAMILAH O’ BRIEN
Associate Director
KAREN DANIELS
President & COO

KAREN PETERS
SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGER
KAYLA BUTLER
Finance Manager
KAYTI PORTER
FINANCIAL MANAGER
KIM JOHNSON
SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGER
LARON WALKER
Senior Financial Manager
LAUREN BURDEKIN
SENIOR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
Lauren Torres
Finance Manager
LESLIE CRUZ
Senior Financial Manager
LESLIE ROPER-THOMAS
Associate Director
LISA LEVANGER
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
LOLA BARBARASH
Director
Maria Campo
Development Manager
MARIANNE HOWE
SENIOR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
MARKISHA BAKER
FINANCE MANAGER
Melissa Weissenberger
Talent Program Manager
MELONY REED
SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGER
MICHELLE LOPEZ
Director
NELSON CHIU
SENIOR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
PATRICIA MALONE
VICE-PRESIDENT OF PEOPLE & CULTURE
PERRY SHANDAL
Senior Financial Consultant
RAJ THAKKAR
Founder & CEO
RAYMOND ALSTON
FINANCE MANAGER
RONALD RODRIGUEZ
Senior Financial Consultant
RYAN GIBSON
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
SALLY NEELY
GROWTH SUPPORT SPECIALIST
SHARON DENSON
Chief Financial Officer
Stephen B. Reid II
Chief Growth Officer
SUSAN STRANO
SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGER
SVETLANA GNESINA
Associate Director
TIA MURPHY
Associate Director

TRISTAN TAYLOR
FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
VALERIE O’BRIEN
SENIOR FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
VIVIANA TORRES
Associate Director
