Karen Mullikin

Karen supervises the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism account, overseeing all aspects of advertising, marketing and public relations.  She has worked with the Parks and Tourism account since 1990, first as public relations account executive and then as senior public relations account executive.

During her tenure on the Parks and Tourism account, she has coordinated numerous successful publicity efforts, including media centers for Election Nights 1992 and 1996.  As account supervisor, she manages strategy development and implementation for annual integrated marketing and communications plans which include national and regional newspaper, magazine, online and television advertising.

Karen joined CJRW in 1989, from Randall's Food Markets, then a 40-store retail grocery chain in Houston, where she held the title of director of media advertising.  She previously worked for the Kilgore News Herald (Texas).

Karen holds a degree in English from the University of Texas at Tyler.  She is past president of the Arkansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, and has twice received the Chapter's prestigious President's Award.  She has also been recognized with CJRW's annual Chairman's Award for extraordinary performance.