Karen Armstrong
Executive Vice President at the New York Bankers Association (NYBA)
How to transfer your passion for Politics to a “Real Job”
Season 1 Episode 2
Have you ever thought about how you can transfer your passion for politics to another career?
In this episode Jen sits down with Karen Armstrong (Mount Holyoke College ℅ ‘87) to discuss how she took her love to politics and transferred it to a 25 year long successful career.
Karen explains how she has pivoted her career over the years transforming from political campaign manager to working in banking, all while keeping her passion for politics and social justice alive. Karen explains how she used personal reflection and long-term goal making to choose her career in banking. Her position in banking was one to use her knowledge in government and politics on behalf of workers in an industry by working for a trade association.
You can follow your passion in a sustainable way, which is what Karen has done in working with workers and advocating for them with her past career knowledge of government and politics. Let us know that you listened to the episode by posting on one of
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In this episode we cover a career shift from politics to banking that can be applied to most anyone looking for a career shift. Karen discusses how she used personal reflection and long-term goal making to choose her career change.
Karen Armstrong is Executive Vice President at the New York Bankers Association (NYBA) which she joined in 1998, after having worked in Connecticut politics for ten years. Karen is serving her second term as Vice President of The Friends of the Cos Cob Library and chairs the Communications Committee. She lives in Stamford, Connecticut.
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