Karisa is a graduate of Western Kentucky University as well as the Kentucky Bankers Association General Banking School. She began her banking career in 1993. Karisa is an Ambassador for Barren Inc, the Barren County Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the Barren-Metcalfe EMS Board of Directors and the Board of Sustainable Glasgow. She is a founding member of the BNI Chapter in Glasgow and a Past-President of the Barren County Chamber of Commerce and the Glasgow Rotary Club and was active in the founding of the annual South Central Kentucky Business EXPO. Her favorite volunteer activity is being a character coach for high school and middle school softball teams through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for the last six years. Karisa resides in Glasgow, Kentucky, with her husband, David, and daughter Kailynn. In her spare time, she enjoys cheering for volleyball and traveling.