The Marketing & Project Support Team
Karen Rios
Marketing Specialist
Karen Rios
Marketing Specialist
What is your title and primary responsibility at Brokers Alliance?
I am a Marketing Specialist and my primary responsibility is to compose and design emails on webinars, videos, and white papers, review social media profiles, help with any marketing materials needed for BA, Brooklight, or Acrylic, and essentially generate leads for our sales team.
Tell us about your hometown and family:
I was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, and I'm the youngest of 3 daughters.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My proudest accomplishment to date is obtaining my Master’s degree in one year at the age of 23.
At the end of your workday, how do you measure if it has been a success?
If I did the best I could on all my tasks planned for the day.
If you could meet any one person, living or dead, at Starbucks for a coffee, who would it be and why?
I would like to meet my paternal grandparents since they both passed before I was born and would've loved to get to know them.
What are the top three items on your bucket list?
My top 3 items would be: visit Japan, own a gluten-free bakery, and have a capybara ranch.
What would be your “walk-up song”?
il vento d'oro - Yugo Kanno
Kathryn Holmes
Marketing Specialist
Kathryn Holmes
Marketing Specialist
What is your title and primary responsibility at Brokers Alliance?
I am a marketing specialist, always working to create new resources for our agents, from webinars to flyers and even video content!
Tell us about your hometown and family:
I was born in Woodstock, Georgia but moved to Cleveland and Cincinnati in Ohio before settling in Annapolis, Maryland when I was 8. I have 3 sisters and we all grew up in Maryland but are all now getting ready to move away down south! I am going back to Georgia and most of my family is going to Florida! I also have an adorable niece and nephew!
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Working my way through college. I worked 40 hours a week, got promoted to a manager at 19 and took a full course load, and still graduated on the dean's list. It taught me how to be a hard worker early on!
At the end of your workday, how do you measure if it has been a success?
If I have learned something new, whether it be about my job, another person or myself. Never stop growing and never stop learning!
If you could meet any one person, living or dead, at Starbucks for a coffee, who would it be and why?
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. His life story is amazing and I admire the way he has grown in his career and built such a successful empire for himself. He openly talks about dreams that he had for himself, how they failed and he hit rock bottom but how it was one of the best things that happened to him because it led him to where he is now. He went from a college football player who didn't make it into the NFL and had nothing to a WWE wrestler to the world's highest-paid actor to a successful businessman across multiple industries. There is even a joke that he should run for president one day. If anyone is the physical embodiment of the quote “change is inevitable, growth is optional,” it is him!
What are the top three items on your bucket list?
Travel across Europe. Ireland, Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, and Scotland are all top of the list.
Build my own tiny house or school bus and travel around the entire United States.
Get a role in a movie, even as an extra. I am a huge movie fan and have always wanted to experience the film industry firsthand and have a part, no matter how small, in creating that movie magic!
What would be your “walk-up song”?
“Thunderstruck”. Everything sounds cooler with AC/DC playing in the background.
