Karen Hanson

Karen Hanson currently serves as the Sr Director of Sales Enablement at Essence Healthcare, a position held since June 2025. Prior experience includes serving as the Director of Sales Enablement at Medica from September 2017 to June 2025, where leadership encompassed the Inside Sales and Broker Experience teams while developing key sales enablement strategies. Additional roles at Medica involved Sales Training and Program Manager, where comprehensive training initiatives for various insurance products were spearheaded, and Manager of Training, Quality, Consumer Affairs & Correspondence, which involved overseeing call center training and maintaining customer satisfaction standards. Earlier experience includes a Training and Quality Specialist position at Allina Health and a Manager of Technical Training role at SEI LLC. Karen Hanson holds an MBA from the University of North Dakota, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bemidji State University, and high school credentials from HELP University and elc International School.