Knowledgeable About & Committed to Solutions for the Aging Population
Our company name, Magnolia Prime, comes from:
- Magnolia: the first flowering plant on earth. The magnolia is known for its longevity and beauty.
- Prime: for those who are in the prime of their lives.
Karen E. Routt, Founder and President
Karen has specialized in businesses that serve the elderly and aging baby boomers since 1993. Her professional experience in the aging field was supplemented by real world experience when she was a live-in caregiver for her 94-year-old uncle.
Karen was Executive Director of a geriatric care management practice based in Boston. As project development team member for a Boston-based company which developed retirement housing campuses, she coordinated legal, environmental and permitting issues. Karen has several years of management consulting experience with top-tier firms where she focused on information systems design and implementation and information technology strategy needs of Fortune 1000 companies. She was later able to bring her private sector skills and experiences to her political appointment as Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Cambridge.
Karen was Director of the Stanford Business School Alumni Association and served on the corporate board and finance committee of the Cambridge Health Alliance. She has served as Secretary of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers – New England Chapter and Director of the Massachusetts Assisted Living Association. Past volunteer activities have included trustee roles for various types of senior housing such as assisted living and government-funded apartments.
Now based in California, Karen is a Trustee of the Washington, DC-based National Caucus and Center for Black Aged. She has mentored a high school senior through the college and scholarship application process, moderated a local film festival and performed in two musicals.
Karen was awarded an MBA from Stanford University, and a BA from the University of Michigan in Applied Mathematics.
