Karly Werner

Karly currently serves as the Vice President of External Affairs for Comcast’s Midwest Region. In this role Karly oversees the company’s government affairs, community investment and public affairs for a four state region that includes MN, WI, KS and MO. For over a decade Karly has represented the dynamic interests of this leading communications company before city, county, and state governments and promoted and grew the business through strategic relationships, effective advocacy, and constructive negotiations. Karly has also built strong community partnerships to increase investment towards programs focused on increasing digital equity.

Before joining Comcast, Karly worked for the Dorsey & Whitney LLP and Kelley Drye & Warren LLP law firms as a Regulatory Affairs Associate. She earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and her bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University.  Karly is also a University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs Policy Fellow.

Karly serves on the Board of the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota Cable Communications Association.

Karly maintains a regular yoga practice and enjoys spending summers playing on Lake Minnetonka with her three kids, Margot (14), William (13) and Louie (8), and teaching them how to lose gracefully in card games. She has very little free time after shuttling her kids to their activities, but when she does, she reads books, and raises money and awareness for a treatment of Angelman Syndrome, which her son Louie lives with.