Karen Barnett is a silver Anvil award-winning marketing communications professional, social media storyteller and successful entrepreneur with proven ability to develop and execute innovative brand-building campaigns that deliver bottom line results. Karen’s business portfolio includes co-launching a unique philanthropic e-commerce website, Paws4Claws, an online shopping site where 73 million pet lovers and savvy home décor, jewelry, fashion, decorative accessories and gift shoppers search for the broadest selection of the top pet-themed merchandise at everyday friendly prices. Paws4Claws donates 10% of profits to save pets lives and unite disabled people with service animals to lead more enriched lives and fund organizations that keep pet families united who face losing them to shelters due to home foreclosure, economic hardship or loss of employment. She also launched Steele Rose Communications, a social media and marketing communications agency with clients ranging from small business start-ups to internationally renowned Fortune 100 companies with a proven track record as a strategic, creatively driven agency respected for its building highly differentiating campaigns that rise above the din of competitive clutter.