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Master of Ceremonies for the Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge
Karen McNew McGuire
is a Senior Consultant in the department
of marketing and communications at Carilion Clinic. She earned
her undergraduate degree in Communication Studies from Virginia
Tech and spent 20 years reporting and anchoring a variety of news-
casts. Karen has received several awards including a National Capi-
tal Chesapeake Bay Emmy award for news anchoring. Most recent-
ly, she won an Award of Excellence this year from The Mid-Atlantic
Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development for her
content marketing work related to Carilion Clinic’s NICU services. A
native of Blacksburg, Karen lives at Smith Mountain Lake with her
husband, Matt, and their rescued Westie named Daisy.