Karen Phang
Karen serves as Vice President of Human Resources for the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. She brings deep human resources experience in talent acquisition and talent development, leadership development and organizational effectiveness gained through her work in small, medium and large organizations, primarily in the medical device space.
She built her early foundation at Medtronic and St. Jude Medical, followed by continued work in cardiology at AGA Medical and at AtriCure. In more recent years, she worked at Smiths Medical and served as an HR leader for several small medical device firms owned by private equity, requiring strong business and organizational acumen. All of these valuable experiences have required her to be adaptable, a change agent, a strong communicator and action-oriented in identifying and executing relevant solutions.
Karen earned her M.A. in Human Resources & Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota and her B.A. in Human Resources from St. Olaf College. She and her husband live in Woodbury where she enjoys traveling, working out, drinking wine and checking out the latest new restaurants.
