Karen Elizaga

Karen Elizaga Credit: Karen Elizaga

Karen Elizaga is the founder of Forward Options, an executive coaching company that helps people put their vocational visions into action.

Her clients include Fortune 500 firms such as the Internet company IAC, Liberty Media, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, and some of the nation’s leading law firms and investment banks.

Before founding her company, Elizaga, 42, started her career as a corporate lawyer for a top New York firm, and then became an executive at a London-based tech start-up, Urban Fetch. She runs a workshop called Sweet Spot Strategies for clients, and also in high schools in Honolulu and New York, to help them define what they want out of life. Her book, “Find Your Sweet Spot,” is due out January 2014 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. She lives in Midtown East with her husband and two kids.

LIRR doesn't expect major disruptions ... Many weekend events canceled ... What's forecast for the rest of the day Credit: Newsday

Powerful nor'easter slamming Long Island ... Wires down in Malverne ... LIRR doesn't expect major disruptions ... What's forecast for the rest of the day

LIRR doesn't expect major disruptions ... Many weekend events canceled ... What's forecast for the rest of the day Credit: Newsday

Powerful nor'easter slamming Long Island ... Wires down in Malverne ... LIRR doesn't expect major disruptions ... What's forecast for the rest of the day

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