Karen Giberson
Designation: Executive Board Member
Specialty: Marketing, Experiential & PR

Karen has over 20 years of experience in marketing, merchandising and public / media relation space & is the President of The Accessories Council, a non-profit national advocacy group that represents some of the biggest names in the industry. Karen is a visionary & sets goals for organisation she works & consults for and is responsible for 16 mega experiential annual events including the esteemed ACE Awards.

Karen has a wide experience in the experiential marketing and as the Director of Event Marketing for QVC, she was responsible for bringing some of the shopping Mecca’s most wildly successful programs and products.

Currently, she is an executive producer for 'Avec Eric', a show on PBS featuring chef Eric Ripert of Le Bernardin, Crown Consumer Brands, Estee Lauder Companies, and QVC. Karen has consulted for companies in the likes of Miramax Films, Always In Style, ElyseRyan Jewelry, HCI Direct, Tracy Reese to name a few.

Karen has many professional affiliation and holds key offices as being Founding Member / Accessories Council, Board of Directors in the Gibson Foundation, Advisory Board Member-Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, Co-Founder / Brain Barter & holds a Diner Chair in the Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl.