Karen Sue Brubaker

Background

Brubaker, Karen Sue was born on February 5, 1953 in Ashland, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Robert Eugene and Dora Louise (Camp) Brubaker.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, Ashland University, 1975. Master of Business Administration, Bowling Green State University, 1976.

Career

Supervisor tire center operations, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio., 1976-1977; supervisor tire center accounting, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio., 1977-1979; assistant product manager radial passenger tires, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio., 1979-1980; product manager broadline passenger tires, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio., 1980-1981; group product manager broadline passenger and light truck tires, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio., 1981-1983; marketing manager T/A high tech radials, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio., 1983-1986; product marketing manager Benjamin Franklin Goodrich T/A radials, The Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company, Akron, Ohio., 1986-1991; product marketing manager Michelin performance tires, Michelin Americas Small Tires, Akron, Ohio., 1991-1995; independent Alpine distributor, Indoor Air Repair, Fairlawn, Ohio., since 1996; charter executive, Big Planet Inc., Fairlawn, Ohio., since 1998.

Achievements

• Karen Sue Brubaker has been listed as a noteworthy small business owner by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Section chairman industrial division United Way, Akron, 1983-1986. Member advisory council to trustees College Business and Economics, Ashland University, 1990-1992. Volunteer Hospice Visiting Nurses Services, since 1995.

Fund raiser National Heart Assist and Transplant Fund/Judi Reali Transplant Fund, 1996. Member American Marketing Association (president Akron/Canton chapter 1982-1983, Highest Honors award 1983, national board directors, vice president business marketing 1984-1986, vice president professional chapters 1987-1989), Sales and Marketing Executives (vice president membership, 1998-1999), Akron Women's Network, Zonta International (membership director 1987-1994, 96—), Beta Gamma Sigma, Omicron Delta Epsilon.

Connections

Married Philip J. Potter, October 10, 2003.

Father:

Robert Eugene Brubaker

Mother:

Dora Louise (Camp) Brubaker

Spouse:

Philip J. Potter