Carla is a Wall Street veteran, with over 35 years of experience on the Street, now serving as a Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley having finished her active tour of duty at the firm as a Vice Chairman. During her long career she executed such transactions as the IPO of UPS, Martha Stewart Omnimedia and the General Motors sub-IPO of Delphi Automotive and the $3.2B common stock transaction for Immunex Corporation which still stands as the largest biotechnology common stock deal in history;She was appointed by President Barak Obama in 2013 to Chair the National Womens’ Business Council; She is an award winning podcaster with 12 Marcon Awards, 2 Webby Awards, and 2 Anthem Awards under her built for the podcast Access and Opportunity;She is an acclaimed motivational speaker having been named a couple of weeks ago as one of the top 50 speakers in the World by Real Leaders and one of the Top 40 female speakers in the World in 2020;She is a gospel recording artist with 4 commercially released CDs, 5 sold out concerts at Carnegie Hall and 2 at the Apollo Theatre;She is an author of 3 books: Expect to Win, Strategize To Win and now as she will talk about tonight, Lead To Win; She is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, Second Year Honors, and of Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude.
