Kara Reed joined Freeport-McMoRan in 2018 as an instructional designer and developer. She moved into a role developing instructors in 2019, and she currently coaches, instructs, and develops learning programs for instructors.

Prior to this, she was Assistant Director of Second Language Writing in the Department of English at the University of Arizona. She received her Master’s in English Language & Linguistics and Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching. She has taught in China and in the US, designing and delivering various courses on instructional methods, language, and intercultural communication.