Karen Gierhart is a Managing Director and Senior Leasing Sales Specialist for the Global Leasing Energy Services team, and is located in Providence, Rhode Island. In this role, Karen is responsible for business development and origination of energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions for the federal government, commercial and industrial companies. Karen has financed over $3.5 billion of energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and other infrastructure projects in the federal and commercial markets in the U.S. and Canada. Karen has over 36 years of experience in the leasing industry, with 30 of those years at Global Leasing. Gierhart has held various management roles in sales, credit and capital markets. Karen holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of South Florida.