Summary

• A business and financial writer with about 30 years of experience
• Previously worked as a budget analyst and financial planning analyst
• Has written hundreds of articles, including features, profiles, and case studies, covering global corporate finance, the banking sector, supply chain and logistics, and small business for several publications and companies.

Experience

After earning an MBA from the University of Washington, Karen joined Merrill Lynch (now Merrill, a part of Bank of America) a🥀s a sales assistant, planning on a career in finance. She then worked for Center Companies, now part of Brookfield Property Partners, as a budget analyst and later became a financial planning analyst with Carlson Companies.

Eventually, Karen realized she enjoyed writing about numbers more than actually cr🍬unching them. She launched a freelance writing career, focusing on business and finance with an expertise in corporate and consum📖er finance, banking, supply chains, and logistics. 

In her 30 years of experience, her work has included stories about a bank partnering with a health care organizat💝ion to offer telehealth services, artificial intelligence changing supply chain operations, and churches shifting some of their propertie✱s to offer low-income housing.

In addition to her work for Investopedia, she has written for the American Bankers Association, Global Finance, Inbound Logistics, Smart Cities Dive, Thomson Reuters, and other publications and companies.

Education

Karen received her Bachelor of Science in busine🐓ss administration from Valparaiso University and her Master of Business Administration from the University of Washington.

Quote from Karen Kroll

"Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind." - Toni Morrison