Karen Corsaro

Karen D. Corsaro is President of The Corsaro Group, an Indianapolis based strategy development firm focused on converting ideas into assets. The Corsaro Group provides strategic planning, feasibility analysis, branding and marketing services to high growth firms with a special emphasis on defining and developing new products and business concepts. Ms. Corsaro has a long track record of identifying new business opportunities and developing high growth businesses. Recent projects have included strategy development for Pedcor, MediaSauce, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, The Nature Conservancy, American Health Network, Indianapolis Downtown Incorporated, Indianapolis Cultural Districts, The Indiana State Museum, Eli Lilly, L’Oreal, General Mills, Crystal Food Services, The Café Group, Coffee Etc., and Dine Magazine. Prior to forming The Corsaro Group, Karen Corsaro served as President of Simon Brand Ventures, the strategic marketing division of Simon Property Group, Inc., the largest publicly traded retail Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in North America. In this position Ms. Corsaro created the business unit and grew profits to over $50 million in a three-year period. Ms. Corsaro is also credited with developing “Simon” as the first national shopping center brand and introducing corporate sponsorship to the industry through a first of its kind program at Mall of America. In 2000, the Indianapolis Business Journal named Ms. Corsaro a “Woman to Watch”. Ms. Corsaro was named PROMO Magazine’s 1998 Retail Marketer of the Year and in 1997 Ms. Corsaro was named a recipient of the Indianapolis Business Journal’s ‘40 Under Forty.’