Dr. Karen Felsted received a degree in marketing from the University of Texas at
Austin. She spent the next twelve years in accounting and business management, including
6 years with Ernst & Young. During this time she earned both her CPA and an
MS degree in Management and Administrative Science from the University of Texas
at Dallas.
In 1996 Dr. Felsted graduated magna cum laude from the veterinary college at Texas
A & M University and practiced both small animal and emergency medicine for
three years. For the last ten years she has provided financial and operational consulting
services to veterinarians, most recently with Brakke Consulting and Gatto McFerson
CPAs.
Dr. Felsted joined the NCVEI as Chief
Executive Officer in June 2008. She has written an extensive number of articles
for a wide range of veterinary publications and speaks regularly at national and
international veterinary meetings. She is a founding director and current member
of VetPartners, a past member of the Veterinary Economics’ Editorial Advisory Board,
and the current treasurer for the CATalyst Council.