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Carolyn has spent the last two decades focused on fixing inequities in the workforce and believes that the next level in this space is to integrate equity right into how you do business, so inequities don’t occur in the first place.

Her career journey began at Women of Influence, a social enterprise focused on gender equity, where she succeeded the founder and spent a decade diversifying revenue and growing reach.

Recognizing corporate culture had to evolve to move the needle on gender equity, she sold the business and joined Deloitte to establish and build their National DEI consulting practice. In that role, she developed strategy, programs, and implementation for clients across finance, technology, law, health care, mining, venture capital, the public sector, and more.

Having proven her ability to initiate transformative change, Carolyn was tapped to become the first Global DEI Leader at Deloitte, responsible for driving equity and a culture of inclusion across 50+ geographies, and 21 business units.

After 8 years at the firm, she's chosen to leverage her wealth of experience, extensive exposure, and profound expertise to help organizations of all sizes address the foremost obstacles to achieving human equity — and optimize their business.

Highlights + Accomplishments:

Award-Winning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Leader: Recognized executive with an unwavering commitment to fostering DE&I.

Champion of Women's Advancement: Known for igniting women's progress in the corporate world, driving DE&I improvements across Canada, and instigating global cultural transformation within the world's largest professional services firm.

Visionary and Purpose-Driven Collaborator: Renowned for visionary thinking, passionate dedication, and purpose-driven collaboration, with a proven track record of effecting meaningful change.

Strategic Partnership Architect: Skillful in designing innovative strategic partnership models to identify and overcome barriers, facilitating the development of effective solutions that drive DE&I objectives.

Exemplary Executive Presence: Respected for a commanding executive presence, adept senior stakeholder management, and effective governance, consistently delivering impactful results.

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