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Karen J. Arthur, founder and president of KA Communications, is a 24-year veteran of public relations, with expertise in healthcare, non profit and governmental institutions. She was most recently Vice President at Douglas Gould & Company where she provided strategic counsel to clients in the arts, social services and international development arenas.
Ms. Arthur has an extensive background in reputation management, crisis communications and media relations. As Manager, Media Relations with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, she garnered placements about diabetes research in The New Yorker Magazine, CBS –TV and WNBC-TV. Prior to that, she spent six years (1995-2001) as Deputy Director, Media Relations at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. She successfully positioned the hospital’s first-rate cardiovascular department -- specifically its heart transplant -- with front page metro coverage in The New York Times, cover story of Life magazine, Dateline NBC and the British Broadcasting Company. She also enhanced the visibility of the hospital’s palliative department coordinating a public awareness program for PBS.