• About Karen Byrd

    Karen joined Johnson Investment Counsel in 2020 as a Client Support Assistant.  Before joining Johnson, she was a Customer Relationship Advocate for Fidelity Investments for three years and a Customer Support Specialist for Sterling Cut Glass for thirteen years.  Karen is active in the Women’s and Prayer Ministries of her church and has served her community for 30 years as a Boone County School Board Member. 

  • Education

    • East Tennessee State University, A.S. Dental Hygiene

    Community involvement

    • Boone County Board of Education
      • Budget, Calendar, Transportation, Facilities, Audit, and Council of Councils Committee Member
      • Board Chair (former)
    • Boone County Business Association
      • Board Member
      • Golf Committee
      • Board of Directors (former)
    • Go Pantry
      • Volunteer
    • Kentucky School Boards Unemployment Insurance Trust Board
      • Chair
    • Kentucky School Board Association Board of Directors
      • President
      • Association Governance Committee Chair
      • External Member Relations Committee

    Memberships

    • Boone County Business Association
    • Consortium of State School Board Associations
    • First Church of Christ
    • Kentucky School Board Association

    Highlights and recognition

    • Twenty Year Service Recognition Boone County School Board (2015)
    • October 9 is "Karen Byrd Day" in Boone County, KY and the City of Florence, KY in Recognition of service to public education and Boone County Schools (2015)
    • Karen was also named Kentucky Colonel in 2021 on behalf of her service to the children in her community.

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