Karen Kunkel Young

Executive Coach

Karen Kunkel Young is an executive coach and strategic advisor to senior executives and founders navigating critical career moments, including stepping into larger roles and making high-stakes transitions. She spent more than 25 years as a TV showrunner leading teams and producing programming for global media companies, including NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, and A&E.
 

Today, she partners with leaders across technology, media, and enterprise organizations to help them redefine how they are seen, strengthening their visibility, influence, and authority so they can shape direction, not just deliver on it. She is known for her work on the Career Perception Gap, the space between the work professionals delivers and how their leadership is recognized, trusted, and acted on.
 

Karen is a speaker on leadership, influence, and decision-making in complex
environments, and known for helping leaders step into greater authority and impact.