[1] On November 2, 2019, in Davis California, she was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in the category Modern Road & Track Competitor.
[2] Karen Bliss was born in Lewisburg, PA, and grew up in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.
[3] Bliss attended Quakertown High School where she played field hockey.
[4] She began her career as the "sprint specialist" in small road and criterium races.
She was the Chief Marketing Officer and then President of Advanced Sports Enterprises, the company that owned the Fuji bicycle brand which was her first bike sponsor.