Karen Manna serves as investment director, a portfolio manager and vice president for Federated Hermes and has more than 20 years exp. Karen is responsible for articulating the strategy, process, positioning and performance of Federated Hermes’ fixed-income portfolios and frequently meets with clients and consultants. Before joining Federated Hermes in 2004, Karen was a real estate portfolio analyst and a fixed-income product manager at Fidelity Management Trust Company. She then went on to serve in various roles at Federated Hermes. These roles included: director of research and fixed-income marketing; senior product manager of fixed income; portfolio manager and senior investment analyst for tax-free money markets and bonds; and portfolio manager and senior investment analyst on the investment-grade bond team. Karen earned a bachelor’s degree from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Boston College.
