Karen has a background in Environmental Health and worked as a local government EHO and at NILGA prior to taking up her current role as Director of Infrastructure and Sustainability at Consumer Council Northern Ireland.

Previously a Non-Executive Director of Sustainable NI and Building Change Trust, she was recently appointed as an Assistant Local Government Boundaries Commissioner.

Karen holds a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Health, a Masters Degree in Business Administration, and is a Fellow of the RSA.