Karen McArdle

Karen McArdle is a full-time Trustee for the Emilson Family Foundation. Prior to that, Karen was the founder of Advanced Business Services, the first Executive Center on the South Shore, providing general business, payroll and accounting services. 


Karen has served on the Boards of many prominent South Shore nonprofit organizations for more than 40 years. She has been a member of Friendship Home’s Board, the Board of Directors for the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, the Foundation Board of South Shore Hospital, and the N.E. Old English Sheepdog Rescue. Karen is a graduate of Northeastern University. She, her husband Doug and their sheepdog Riley live in North Marshfield.