Karen A. Curley MSW, MPH

Karen Curley has over 25 years experience as a Coach, Consultant, Educator and Facilitator. Her work is based on a systems perspective, integrating aspects of individual; group and organizational dynamics into building and implementing sustainable solutions that achieve desired results. Karen’s style is highly interactive and builds off of the experience of program participants. Using a mix of evidence based content, case studies, real life scenarios, individual reflection and small group activities, learning sessions are meant to provoke discussion, to provide and build on foundational skills and to set in motion practical ways to apply the learning.

Karen began her career in the non-profit ranks, working to improve the lives of homebound elders as a Case Manager Supervisor and then as the Director of Training at Boston Senior Home Care. Her professional journey took her into the field of work/life balance where she spent 5 years at Work/Family Directions, restructuring referral networks, leading cross-functional teams and working to define dependent care strategies for clients in the American Business Collaboration.

This work led to a passion for helping organizations achieve and sustain excellence and brought Karen into academic medical centers where she spent the next 15 years designing, developing and implementing leadership development solutions, first at The University of Colorado Hospital and then at UMass Memorial Healthcare.

Her expertise in project management, process improvement and organizational effectiveness has made Karen a sought after speaker, facilitator, consultant and executive coach. Karen holds a B.A. in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and both a M.S.W. and a M.P.H from Boston University.