Karen Mawhinney

Karen Mawhinney has over 10 years of experience in Human Resources. Karen is currently the HR Manager at Redstone Strategy Group. Previously, they were the HR Manager at Leisure Trends Group, which was recently acquired by The NPD Group. Karen is responsible for transitioning Leisure Trends employees to the new organization's process and culture.

Karen has a wide range of HR experience, including benefits, compensation, job evaluation and descriptions, payroll, policy design, resource planning, organization design, training, employee and manager coaching, conflict resolution, employment branding, recruiting, retention, on boarding, separations, HRIS, and legal compliance. Karen has also developed and implemented an annual employee survey, appraisal process and career development guide.

In addition to their HR experience, Karen has also facilitated business audits, insurance, vendor selection, risk mitigation, internship program, philanthropy, spatial design, all-staff communications, event planning, and reception. Karen has also supervised the Office Coordinator and administrative support to ownership and executive staff.

Karen Mawhinney has an MBA from SUNY New Paltz in HR / Management, a BS in Business Administration - Marketing from University at Buffalo School of Management, The State University of New York, and is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) from the HR Certification Institute.

They work with Kathy Francis - Principal, Beth Leuin - Project Manager, and Jeremy Avins - Principal & New York Office Lead. Their manager is Nathan Huttner, Managing Director.