Karen Braswell is a global marketing and communications executive recognized for shaping brand, business, and culture at scale across Fortune 500 and private equity–backed organizations. As Chairperson of CMO Alliance's CMO Summit Chicago 2025, she brings significant expertise in global marketing and enterprise leadership roles, spanning technology in healthcare and medical device manufacturing, sustainability, and hospitality, Danaher, Hilco Global, and US Foods, where she guided global marketing communication strategy uniting performance with purpose. A trusted advisor to boards and senior leaders, Karen actively serves on the Customer Advisory Board of the CMO Alliance. Through her consultancy, Karen advises organizations, positioning marketing as a revenue engine to accelerate growth through AI-enabled marketing integration, brand communications, storytelling strategy, and executive leadership visibility. Known for her distinctive voice on human-centered transformation, Karen represents the next level of marketing leadership, where innovation, integrity, and intelligence converge.