Karen M. Jones — Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President at Ryder System

Ms. Karen M. Jones has been the Chief Marketing Officer of Ryder System, Inc. since September 16, 2013 and has been its Executive Vice President since October 2014. Ms. Jones served as the Chief Marketing Officer of Reliant Energy Retail Holdings, LLC, where she was also responsible for the Reliant Energy Foundation. She served as Senior Vice President of Ryder System, Inc. since September 16, 2013. Prior to joining Reliant in 2010, she served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications at DHL Express U.S., with responsibility for building the DHL brand in the United States. She also sat on the U.S. Management Board (USMB) at DHL Express. During her time at DHL, her marketing efforts resulted in the largest aided and unaided awareness increases in DHL history and within the logistics category. Earlier in her career, Ms. Jones served as a Marketing Executive at Hewlett Packard (HP) where she spent 15 years creating a universally consistent brand image by transforming and unifying HP s advertising, sponsorship and communications campaigns. She also held several senior marketing positions at the former Compaq Computer Corporation, including Director of Marketing Communications for the iPAQ products. She created an international marketing communications campaign and the go-to-market strategy that led the efforts to re-position Compaq as a leader in the PC market. She serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Mela Artisans, Inc. and MyMela.com, Inc. Ms. Jones also sits on the Board of Directors for the School of PR and Journalism for the University of Florida and she is also on the Board of Directors for the Take Stock in Children Foundation of Florida. In 2005, she was named Marketer of the Year by B to B Magazine for spearheading DHL s $150 million 2004 re-branding campaign and was ranked in the publication's annual Best Issue in 2006, 2007 and 2008. She has made multiple appearances as a spokesperson on the NBC Today Show, Good Morning America and Fox Networks and as a panel speaker for the Sports Symposium by the Sports Business Journal and the University of Florida. Ms. Jones holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Houston.