Meet Karen Walker

Award-winning Speaker + Speaker and leadership Coach

Karen Walker is a nationally recognized speaker, award-winning public media professional, certified speaker and leadership coach, and joy strategist with over two decades of experience. She empowers professional women, emerging leaders, and changemakers to rise in confidence, communication, and executive presence. With a voice that resonates and a mission that inspires, she brings clarity, strategy, and purpose to every stage and session.

As the founder of the Spark Retreat and co-founder of Aging Wiser, she blends personal growth with leadership development through coaching, workshops, and transformative experiences. Her work has earned her the prestigious Arkansas Andrus Award and three national public media awards.

A certified D.I.S.C. practitioner and board member of Women’s Leadership Network and Alzheimer’s Arkansas, she is dedicated to helping others lead boldly, speak powerfully, and live joyfully. Whether in a boardroom, retreat, or keynote, Karen delivers energy, wisdom, and heart.

Have dreams you’ve been waiting to pursue? Goals you’ve been putting off for the ‘perfect time’?

The time is now!