Karen Valentine is owner and principal agent of the Karen Valentine Allstate Insurance Agency in New York. As a brick & mortar agency owner, Karen enjoys working with both consumers and business owners to fulfill their insurance needs. representing Allstate provides the best platform to provide customers with knowledgeable financial information and exceptional customer service.Karen is a financial services professional, with over 30 years of corporate experience. Additionally, as a serial entrepreneur, she has two other entrepreneurial ventures. Not only did she start her own financial services consulting firm she also simultaneously created a beverage company, which has a loyal and growing fan base.Karen’s goal is to bring her experience, leadership and management skills to provide solid information and mentoring to her community, much of which has undergone some of the most significant re-gentrification in recent years. She uses her role as an Allstate Agent and trusted Allstate advisor to help her customers, build meaningful relationships and support her community.Karen is ivy league educated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College, Columbia University and a Masters in Business Administration from NYU’s Stern Graduate School of Business. She has been a certified public accountant (CPA) for over 20 years.Karen started her career in the insurance industry as a Management Trainee and went on to manage the offices for one of the top ten insurance agents in the country. She later worked in public accounting She spent the last ten years of her corporate career as a senior Director, facilitating global transformation initiatives.