Karen Talamelli Cusick

Karen Talamelli Cusick is Executive Vice President of ImpactWayv providing strategic leadership for client development, project management, marketing and operations.

Karen had served as Treasurer and Director of Finance for Project Service LLC since its inception in 2008 until January 2021. Karen was an integral part of the founding team and management of this successful Carlyle Group-sponsored transportation and real estate public private partnership in Connecticut, which has become a national model for P3 infrastructure projects in the United States.

Additionally, Karen is President of Cusick & Company LLC, a Connecticut based financial, administrative, and governmental advisory services firm. Karen is a licensed Real Estate Salesperson in the State of Connecticut. Karen also served for thirteen years as the Financial Administrator of a Connecticut engineering firm, specializing in state and municipal environmental and transportation projects, and involving various state and local entities, including the CT DOT, MA Highway and environmental agencies.

Karen has also served as the Chief of Staff/Operations Manager for a local municipality, having oversight over town departments and liaison responsibilities with the CEO, Boards and Commissions, and state and federal officials. In addition, Karen served as the Project Coordinator for a major Connecticut based HVAC contractor for sixteen years and has acted as a project manager for a variety of major renovation and improvement projects. Karen has an extensive record of local public service in Woodbridge and prior to that in the town of Seymour, where she lived. In July 2018 Karen was a declared candidate for the office of the Secretary of the State of Connecticut. Karen was elected to the Seymour Board of Selectman; Board of Finance; Board of Assessment Appeals; and Library Board of Directors. She also served as an appointee on the Seymour Board of Public Works, where she was chair for three years. Karen also chaired the Seymour Emergency Services Building Commission and served on the Civil Service and Arts and Culture Commissions. Karen has been involved with numerous charitable and community organizations throughout the years. Currently, Karen serves as a Trustee of The Lady of the Assumption Church in Woodbridge and a Director on the board of All Saints Catholic Academy in New Haven and is a Justice of the Peace in Connecticut.