Karen M. Kozak

Global Brand Director
Cargill

    Karen Kozak is a brand and marketing veteran with more than 25 years of experience across a broad range of industries. Karen currently serves as Global Brand Director at Cargill, responsible for developing and implementing Cargill’s brand strategy and architecture, and driving brand activation activities internally and externally around the world. Most recently, Karen led Cargill’s 150th anniversary program, implementing a year-long celebration that engaged over 150,000 employees in more than 650 activities and events on six continents across all businesses, functions and geographies.

    Prior to joining Cargill, Karen spent the majority of her career in a variety of roles at Eastman Kodak Company, including managing strategic growth initiatives in emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, leading all e-commerce, online marketing, and demand-generation programs for Kodak’s B2C and B2B businesses for the US, Canada, and Latin America regions, and management of Kodak’s global corporate sponsorship and brand events department, including oversight of Olympics, motorsports, golf, entertainment, and industry conference programs.

    Karen lives in Minneapolis and enjoys hiking, photography, and traveling, particularly internationally to learn new cultures and trends.  Karen currently serves as an advisor on the development committee at Childspring International, a nonprofit organization providing medical surgeries to children in developing countries around the world.