Karen Johnson
Ms. Johnson joined Charter in the fall of 2001 to assist with the government approval process for Charter's shopping center development program. Ms. Johnson has focused her efforts on land use permitting and project management and has over twenty-two years of experience in the field.
Prior to joining Charter, Ms. Johnson served as a Real Estate Development Manager for the Stop & Shop Company. In that position, she was responsible for project management with emphasis on schedule and budget for new store development in Connecticut, New York, and western Massachusetts. Ms. Johnson served as the primary company representative during the community outreach and public meeting phases of the permitting process. During her tenure at Stop & Shop, Ms. Johnson assisted with the approval and/or opening of fifteen superstores. Prior to Stop & Shop, she served as a Project Manager with VHB, an engineering and consulting firm, out of the Middletown, Connecticut office. Ms. Johnson focused on permitting and project management for land development and telecommunications clients. Ms. Johnson also worked as an analyst at Robinson & Cole LLP, a Hartford based law firm, where she worked in the land use section of the firm assisting with the due diligence and permitting process for commercial real estate and development clients. Ms. Johnson has also worked in local government, serving as a town planner for Brooklyn, Connecticut. She began her career in real estate with a residential developer in Mystic, Connecticut.
Ms. Johnson is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and received a Bachelors degree in Geography and a Masters of Public Affairs from the University of Connecticut. She currently resides in Connecticut.