Karen Booth Adams
Joined the board in:
2012
Professional title:
CEO, Hot Technology Holdings
Committees:
Distributions
Biography:
Karen Booth Adams is the CEO of Hot Technology Holdings, an investment group that has launched 10 successful businesses in Richmond since 1993. She served as CEO for many of those companies and has led six successful exits for the group. Karen currently advises Hot Technology’s management teams on strategic planning, operations management and M&A. Her diverse ventures have been in SaaS software, internet strategy and technology consulting, online retail, financial consulting, legal and e-discovery services, and social media marketing. Karen is a founding partner in firms such as Ironworks Consulting, The Fahrenheit Group, Genesis Consulting, PoshTots, PartnerJD, and others.
In 2006, Karen established a donor advised fund that focuses on children’s health and education issues. She is a frequent speaker on the subject of entrepreneurship, and currently serves on the boards of The Robins School Executive Advisory Council, Richmond’s Technology Council, Governor McDonnell’s Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates and The Venture Forum. Her past community service experience includes board positions with SCAN, Senior Navigator and other non-profit organizations.