Karen Maria Alston is affectionately described as a change maker. She is a cultural and lifestyle expert, dynamic entrepreneur, award winning filmmaker and brand strategist. For decades, Karen has built a career working on impactful branding and marketing campaigns that touch the lives of millions of consumers. 
 
An executive, marketer, brand manager, entrepreneur, strategist, storyteller, innovator, women’s advocate and thought leader, Karen Maria Alston is an award-winning proven expert. She is known on social media for her hashtag #beingkarenalston. 
 
Karen is a passionate senior executive strategist and founder with over 30 years of experience leading organizational visions from idea to implementation to impact to create sustainable, scalable social impact.  A trusted leader in designing, developing and delivering successful strategies and solutions to branding, marketing, growth, and revenue generation rooted in innovation and equity. 
 
She leads by example; her values compel her to work for companies that impact our country and the next generation in powerful ways that can meaningfully sustain and scale over time to create a more just world in which all communities can thrive.
 
The core of Karen’s career has been in executive leadership, marketing, finance and social impact. Leading equity-focused organizations visions from advocacy to adaptation in service of communities in ways that lift, save and change lives.

Throughout her career, as a founder and senior executive, she has had the special honor of building and managing inspiring teams, coaching and mentoring managers, leading teams through key operational transitions, and facilitating a continuously welcoming workplace of passion and performance, expertise and execution, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Karen is a global citizen that loves to travel and explore different cultures. She proudly displays and celebrates the diversity and beauty of her favorite countries in her home. 
Welcome to a glimpse of her world!