Karen Bishop Saltzman

From 2020-2023, Mrs. Saltzman was the Managing Broker of Lifstyl National Real Estate. From 2018-2020, she was a REALTOR® with Keller Williams Greater Lexington. From 2012-2014, Mrs. Saltzman directed the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) Energy & Natural Resources Division, which included the state's mineral leasing program, programs related to energy management, technical and financial assistance for business and governmental entities, and energy-related economic and workforce development. From 2009-2012, she directed MDA's federal grant programs funded by the U.S. Department of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. From 2009-2014, Mrs. Saltzman was an appointed member of the Architectural Review Board for the City of Ridgeland, Mississippi.

Mrs. Saltzman served from 2007-2009 as the executive director of the Republican Party of Arkansas. From 2004-2007, she served as a Schedule C Appointee in the administration of President George W. Bush, in the office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor and at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She began her career in Little Rock, Arkansas, as a Field Director for the Republican National Committee supporting the re-election campaign of President George W. Bush. Mrs. Saltzman was raised in Jackson, Mississippi, and has a degree in Marketing from Mississippi College.