Karen Hartline
Sassy, witty, spunky...shaken, not stirred.
With over twelve years of event production experience in areas of recreation, conferences, technology and special events, Karen Hartline brings creativity and a personal touch to create truly special events for her clients as President of Golightly House, specializing in brand management, event strategy, and production expertise.
Karen’s passion is creating experiences that are engaging and unique, always thinking of what attendees will find interesting. For her, events are about the ultimate experience, starting with attendee registration through the post-event wrap-up email and everything in between. She prides herself on event design and strategy to make an unforgettable event.
Most recently, she worked as the Director of Events at Mashable, producing events such as Connect at Walt Disney World and the Mashable House at SXSW Interactive. Prior to that, Karen worked with Porter Novelli, Brian Solis, Blurb, Community Next and got her start in conference production by planning annual conferences for fraternity and sorority students at Intervarsity Christian Fellowship.
Karen has a B.S. in Recreation Management from the University of Central Oklahoma and a certificate in Meeting and Event Planning from Madison Area Technical College.
She hails from Oklahoma City and lists college football as one of her favorite seasons of the year as she cheers on the University of Oklahoma Sooners. San Francisco has quickly become home in her heart where she enjoys spending time with her yorkie terrier, Lucas, exploring the city in heels and visiting Napa and Sonoma on a regular basis.