DR. KAREN HILLS PRUDEN

Dr. Karen Hills Pruden is a living example that a ‘dream deferred is not a dream denied.' Dr. Pruden transformed her life from a teenage bride to a well-known global powerhouse. She has motivated thousands of female professionals to elevate their competencies and pursue career goals that they once thought were dead or impossible. Her blueprint is simple, ‘No Excuses, Make It Happen!’

Dr. Pruden has decades of experience in leadership, influencing others through global speaking, coaching, workshops, and authoring bestselling books. A multi-preneur, Dr. Pruden works as a Chief Human Resource Officer for Norfolk State University, an 86 year old HBCU. She is the CEO of Pruden Global Business Solutions Consulting, and the CEO/Founder of the Sister Leaders Conference. As if any of those roles are not a full-time job alone, Dr. Pruden rose in the ranks of the NAACP to become president of the Virginia Beach Branch for the largest city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. There she protects, fights for and advocates for 450,000 citizens. She was re-elected unopposed to allow her to continue the important work of civil rights advocacy within the city.

Dr. Pruden has been interviewed on the Kim Jacobs Show, Believe in Your Dreams Television, Roland Martin Unfiltered, ABC, NBC, and CBS affiliates. She has been a featured speaker at Virginia Society for Human Resource Management, Society for Diversity, Black Wall Street, SpeakerCon, Virginia Commonwealth University, Norfolk State University, Thomas Nelson Community College, Christopher Newport University, Global Fluency, EmpoweringHER, NAACP, You Are Enough Conference sponsored by Les Brown and Dr. Cheryl Wood, Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Black BRAND. Dr. Pruden has graced the same conference stages as Shawn Fair, Lisa Nichols, Gloria Mayfield Banks, Dr. George Fraser, Nikki Woods and Keri Murphy.

Dr. Pruden serves on several private and government committees namely the Legacy Council of Black Brand ®; MomAdvocate, LLC; City of Virginia Beach Police Citizen Recruiting Task Force; City of Virginia Beach Mayor’s African American RoundTable; City of Virginia Beach Police and Community Relations Panel; Greater Williamsburg Tourism and Alliance Education Committee; Mayor’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Commission; African American Political Action Council (AAPAC); Junior Achievement of Hampton Roads; Citizens Review Task Force and the Virginia Beach Public Schools Ad Hoc Achievable Dreamers Academy committee.

Not one to be put in a box, Dr. Pruden graduated from Yale University’s Women’s Leadership program. This Ivy League professional development exposed Dr. Pruden to the fact that there is a commonality of challenging business and people issues, even internationally. No longer known as the teenage bride, Dr. Pruden is now known as The Career Elevation Expert. Dr. Pruden uses her education and expansive experience to assist female professionals in corporate and entrepreneurship. She is a nationally recognized keynote conference speaker and 10X published author with books reaching #1 on Amazon’s Best Sellers List. One of her hottest publications is Pruden Principles: 10 Strategies to Propel Women to the C-Suite. Dr. Pruden was recently recognized by the Governor Northam (VA) for her commitment to work in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

An advocate of multiple streams of income, Dr. Pruden is a testament that hard work and education can open doors which in turn has allowed her to open doors for others through the sharing of her knowledge. She is an award-winning multi-faceted entrepreneur who helps the female Sister Leader Community achieve prosperity through developing competencies to excel in career and financial satisfaction.