Karen Greenhalgh is a proven leader in business and community service.

Karen founded and developed Heritage Woodworks Inc., a highly successful custom cabinet manufacturing facility, which has spawned several growing Virginia Beach businesses.  Karen knows how to make businesses grow. She knows what it’s like to be an employer and an employee.  

After selling Heritage Woodworks, Karen devoted herself to community service.  She chose to volunteer as a counselor for local crisis pregnancy centers, where her mother had been a volunteer.  When Karen’s business acumen was discovered, she was asked to join the staff as manager.  While she streamlined the business operations and improved patient care, Karen continued to serve as counselor.  The most rewarding aspect of her service was found in helping women who faced an unplanned pregnancy - for most women a crisis situation - by helping them make an informed decision and offering support no matter what they ultimately decided.  It was a difficult but rewarding responsibility which created lifetime bonds with clients and shaped Karen’s empathy for thousands of women in Virginia Beach.

Managing the medical centers included meeting regulations like HIPAA that mandate the privacy and security of patient information. Karen recognized the growing need for addressing privacy and cybersecurity risks in healthcare and started Cyber Tygr.  In her continuing education, Karen earned three certifications:

  • Health Care Information Security Privacy Practioner (HCISPP) – ISC2
  • Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) – HCCA
  • Certified in Healthcare Privacy Compliance (CHPC) – HCCA

Karen’s business quickly became a success and Cyber Tygr now supports leading edge organizations like Mayo Clinic and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).   She often travels the US sharing cybersecurity best practices at national and regional healthcare conventions on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services Cybersecurity Work Group.     

As a parent, Karen has experience with public, private and homeschooling.  Karen was one of the first homeschoolers in Virginia with Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV).  Both of her children attended universities and graduated with honors. 

Karen is not a politician.  She has real world experience in creating jobs and solving problems.  She has demonstrated a deep compassion for the most vulnerable in our community.  Karen always exceeds expectations. Karen gets things done.

 

In April, 2022, Delegate Karen Greenhalgh met with DMV Acting Commissioner Linda Ford to review status of our DMV services in the Commonwealth. 

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