Karen Dunn Kelley

Karen Dunn Kelley is an American financial investment manager and government official who currently serves as Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. Prior to assuming her current role, she was senior managing director of investments at Invesco.

Kelley began her career at Drexel Burnham Lambert, where she worked on the Fixed Income High Grade Retail Desk and eventually became vice president in the bond department. She joined Invesco in 1989 as a money market portfolio manager. In 1992, Kelley became chief money market and government officer at the company. In 2007, she was named head of Invesco's fixed income and cash management team. In 2011, she became the firm's senior managing director of investments.