Carey launched CKP in 2014 after recognizing a growing need for agencies that could offer integrated public relations services. Since then, the business has blossomed into an award-winning, multi-department, multi-city operation supporting a wide spectrum of industries.

The Houston Business Journal recognized her as a 40 Under 40 honoree in 2017, and in 2018 BizWomen.com named her a BizWomen Headliner in the Marketing & Communications Field. Carey is a featured speaker and writer on topics such as remote work, diversity and inclusion, team building, and communications trends for organizations including the American Marketing Association, National Diversity Council, and Forbes Agency Council. Carey has taught at Rice University and is currently an adjunct professor marketing and arts administration in the Institute for Music Leadership at the Eastman School of Music. She serves as a governing director on the Board of Trustees for the Houston Symphony, as an Advisory Council member with Houston Christian University’s Women in Leadership program, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hermann Park Conservancy, and as a member of the Eastman school of Music’s National Council.

Her professional career began in 1999 with a Catherine Filene Shouse fellowship in marketing and public relations with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in New York. In 2001, Carey relocated to Florida to serve as public relations manager for the New World Symphony before moving to Houston in 2005 as a marketing manager for the Houston Symphony.

In 2009, Carey joined CultureMap.com as director of marketing, shepherding the brand through launches in Houston, Austin, and Dallas. In 2013, she transitioned to a career in agency work, joining a boutique Houston-based firm.

Carey attended the Eastman School of Music, where she participated in the Arts Leadership Program. She graduated in May 2000 with a Bachelor of Music degree in French Horn performance and a certificate in arts administration. In 2004 she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Master of Music. She then completed additional graduate coursework, earning the designation of Doctor of Musical Arts ABD (all but dissertation).