Philadelphia, PA | Class 3 鈥 Exp. 2030 鈥
Karen Dougherty Buchholz serves as a Strategic Advisor for Comcast Corporation after serving as Executive Vice President of Administration. In this role, Karen had a wide array of corporate responsibilities, including corporate real estate, facilities, aviation, corporate services and experiences, travel, and security.
Karen served a more than 25-year tenure at Comcast and led many facets of the organization. She was the executive in charge of the development of the Comcast Technology Center (including the Four Seasons Philadelphia), a $1.5 billion, 60-story tower adjacent to Comcast鈥檚 corporate headquarters, the Comcast Center. Karen also previously the development of Comcast Center, a $750 million, 56-story tower.
For close to a decade, Karen led the company鈥檚 Impact & Inclusion function. Karen also established Comcast鈥檚 first corporate communications infrastructure, unifying communications for the entire family of Comcast companies. This included leading communications during many company acquisitions, including the company鈥檚 transformative acquisition of AT&T Broadband in 2001-2002.
Prior to Comcast, in 1997, then-Mayor Edward G. Rendell appointed Karen as President of Philadelphia 2000, the organization that brought the 2000 Republican National Convention to Philadelphia and served as the City鈥檚 official Host Committee.
Karen received her M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Dickinson College and the Dickinson Center for European Studies in Bologna, Italy.
Karen serves on the WSFS Financial Corporation and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB Board of Directors and the FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. Board of Directors. is the chair of the Board of Directors for the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and also serves on the boards of Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts.
Karen was inducted into the Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame in 2024. She has received numerous awards, including: 2018 Police Athletic League of Philadelphia鈥檚 PAL Award; 2016 Philadelphia Magazine’s Trailblazer Award; 2014 United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Women鈥檚 Initiative Award; 2012 Multichannel News Wonder Women Award; 2009 Pennsylvania鈥檚 Best 50 Women in Business Award; and 2008 American Heart Association 鈥淕o Red for Women鈥 Woman of Heart Award
Not only is Karen a highly respected and accomplished member of the Philadelphia business community, she has a strong passion and connection to squash as a parent of a former junior player and a long-time supporter of 黑料不打烊. Karen鈥檚 daughter, Julia Buchholz was a standout player at the University of Pennsylvania from 2017-2021.
