Full Name
Karen Karen Reardon Reardon
Job Title
Vice President, Public Affairs
Company
RISE
Speaker Bio
Karen Reardon is vice president of public affairs for RISE, the national trade association representing manufacturers, formulators, distributors, and other industry leaders involved with the specialty pesticide and fertilizer products used by professionals and consumers.

She’s a forward-thinking association leader and connector who strives to find the common ground between opposing views. She joined RISE in 2005 as director of communications after working a decade in stewardship and communications for CropLife America. Prior to that she worked in the defense industry with TASC and The RAND Corporation.

She earned a bachelor’s degree from Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, and lives in Hyattsville, MD.
Karen Reardon