Background
Potter, Karen Ann was born on November 2, 1949 in Canandaigua, New York, United States. Daughter of Floyd John and Isabel Catherine (Bain) Potter.
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Karen Ann Potter
Edit Profileconsultant International management executive
Education
Diploma with honors, University Rouen, France, 1970. Bachelor in French, St. Lawrence University, 1971. Master of Business Administration in International Management with distinction, Thunderbird University, 1974.
Career
Senior brand manager The Clorox Company, Oakland, California, 1975—1981, Bacardi Imports Inc., Miami, Florida, 1981—1983. Accountant management supervisor McCann-Erickson, San Francisco, 1984. Vice president marketing Foremost Dairies Inc., 1985, The Christian Brothers Company, Santa Rosa, 1985-1987.
International management consultant San Francisco, since 1988. Export development advisor Bujumbura, Burundi, 1990, 1992. Marketing and export development advisor Kenya Export Development Support Project United States Agency for International Development, Nairobi, Kenya, 1992-1994.
Country director Private Enterprise Joint Venture Development Project, Chisinau, Moldova, 1995. Director business and management development Bucharest, Romania, 1996—1997. International business development specialist Sarajevo, 1998.
Export services strengthening specialist Cairo, 1999. Business advisor sector and firm level development Yerevan, Armenia, 2000. Privatization investor promotion senior manager Cairo, 2000—2001.
Business development evaluator Small and Medium Enterprise Firm Level Assistance Program, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2002. Private sector development advisor strategic refocusing effort Southern Africa Global Competitiveness Trade Hub SADC, Gaborone, Botswana, 2003. Business development advisor Private Comm./Media Services Firm, Sarajevo, Bosnia, 2004.
Marketing strategy specialist, trainer Albania Small Business Credit and Assistance Program, Tirana, Albania, 2004—2005. Marketing specialist Competitive Enhancement and Enterprise Development Program, Moldova, since 2006. International management consultant, since 1988.
Membership
Member American Business Association, International Resource Group.
Interests
Connections
Married John Weston Chamberlin, November 17, 1979 (divorced 1986).
