Karen Smith-Will is the President of Valutivity LLC.  She previously invested sixteen years at Capital One as an award-winning Process Engineer, Manager and Consultant. She has been married to her best friend, Barry, for over twenty years and has 3 beautiful elementary-aged children: Xander, Ashton and Alexa. Karen's non-profit experience spans nearly 30 years and includes memberships on multiple boards, including stints as a member of Hanover County Public Schools' Gifted Advisory Board (2011-2012), Vice President for the Hanover County Council of PTAs, Facilitator for the Richmond chapter of the American Society for Training and Development (RASTD) and leader of the Women's Ministry Team for Fairmount Christian Church.

She also has clocked hundreds of hours supporting Richond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity, Junior Achievement of Central Virginia, Inc., and Salvation Army Angel Tree. In 2009-10, Karen was excited to charter new FIRST and Junior-FIRST Lego Robotics Teams at Mechanicsville Elementary School, known as the "Blazing Builders." In 2008-9 she was nominated for "Volunteer of the Year" in Hanover County, Virginia, in the "Spirit of One" category.

She is pursuing a Master of Science in Leadership at Lubbock Christian University; this Spring, she's writing her dissertation and will graduate in May 2012. She was a presenter at the 2010 Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference at the University of New Mexico and at the 2011 Scholars' Colloquium at Lubbock Christian University in April.

See Karen's LinkedIn profile for a more complete resume of Karen's professional experience.

Through Valutivity LLC's sister company, The Consulting Arts, Karen teaches piano and voice, chairs art competitions such as PTA's Reflections program, performs for events like the Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah American Cancer Society Benefit, composes music and manages a band. She is a former member of the Richmond Symphony Chorus and the Tallahassee Community Chorus.

Specialties

business process management planning, process improvement, change management, Lean, Six Sigma, leadership, coaching, Agile, faith-based, non-profits, instructional design

Business Certifications

• State Corp Comm. LLC-ID:  #S305631-6 as of 10/06/2009
• Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS):   #832359561
• Vendor # with e-VA:  VS0000054574
• Small, Women & Minorities (SWaM) Certification:  #682920