About Karen

Currently, President of the Fauquier County Chamber of Commerce, Karen Henderson is also a well-known broadcaster, vocalist and speaker whose entertainment career spans over three decades. 

Classically trained in opera, and an avid aficionado of jazz standards and philosophy, the eclectic Karen Henderson was heard as an overnight voice on Washington D.C.  Radio station WMAL for over 12 years during the 1980’s through 1992. As an air personality, Karen interviewed some greats from the world of business and entertainment, including Art Linkletter and George Shearing. She annually hosted  the July 4th show on  the Washington Monument Grounds, and the National Zoo’s Sunset Serenade Concert Series. As a vocalist, she performed 12 Christmas Eve concerts at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, broadcast live simultaneously over WMAL and Armed Forces Radio.  She appeared numerous times at RFK stadium for the Washington Redskins; and in concert with notable bands that include the Army Blues, Airmen of Note, Air Force Symphony, the Starlight Orchestra and the U.S.  Navy Commodores. Her appearances with the Commodores became so popular and numerous that she was ultimately named an Honorary Lifetime Member of the U.S. Navy Band, an honor awarded only to an exclusive number of outstanding professional American musicians. She appeared in numerous elegant nightclub and hotel venues, and for eight years at the exclusive Ft. Myer Officers Club. And from 1986-1991, she was known as the “Morning Voice of Culpeper Radio”, appearing on WCVA in morning drive for five years. She is also a founding member of ISES (International Society of Event Specialists). 

Her recent engagements include the National Space Club, the Wright Brothers Awards Dinner (29^th year), and the prestigious Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution.  As a “living fossil” among Washington D.C.  notables, Karen performed for Bob Hope’s 95th birthday party at the Library of Congress (replacing Tony Bennett when Frank Sinatra passed away), and appears several times a year for the  royal gatherings held by His Royal Highness Prince Bandar, Ambassador to the United States from Saudi Arabia. Karen performed for the Wright Brothers 100^th Anniversary of Flight for the Aero Club of Washington at National Airport, and hosted and performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the Millennium Stage on New Year’s Eve to ring in 2004 and 2005. Karen recently appeared at the Mellon Auditorium and performed for an exclusive WWII Reunion celebrated by the WWII Memorial Committee. In March, 2005, she made her 29^th annual appearance on behalf of the NASA Goddard Space Center at the Washington Hilton. Karen also made Washington music history as the first-ever vocalist to appear at the famed Corcoran Art Gallery Jazz Concert Series. She appeared there again in November, 2005.  She performed at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage on New Year’s Eve, 2006, and continues to sing at other venerable venues. 

Author of numerous books and articles, including Miraclemind …The Wonder of Mind Over Matter, Fractured Circle, and her latest, Whispered Wisdom. Her first vocal CD was released on February 26, 2006. 

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