Carrie Collins, JD, PhD
Founder and CEO

Analyst. Alchemist. Artist.

Carrie’s expertise is scanning a situation and quickly applying strategy and experience to craft creative, inspired, and inventive solutions.  She is well known for devising flexible approaches for maximum success; a consummate connector of individuals and ideas to forge strong partnerships; and an innovative change agent who ushers in new views and refreshes outdated thinking. 

She has been tapped by a wide variety of organizations across industries, including technology, professional services (law, human resources, finance, accounting), entertainment, non-profits, healthcare, medicine, education, and government, including the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab. Her approach is grounded in theory and academic rigor, honed from years of research and study. With both a master’s degree and a PhD in leadership, Carrie has a solid foundation on which she builds her strategies.

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Carrie is a Prosci® Certified Change Management Practitioner and excels at helping people adopt and use change to drive success.

With this certification, it’s been verified that Carrie possesses the tools and expertise to prepare and support individuals to achieve successful organizational change.

  • Senior Executive

    Senior executive and corporate officer at multi-site organization with 3 locations in 2 states and nearly 25,000 constituents. Institution maintains nearly $800 million in total assets with annual revenues over $150 million. Participate in management of every aspect of the business.

    Lead strategic planning and implementation processes for entire organization. Play a critical role in strategic revenue opportunities and quickly and decisively analyze new prospects for growth.

    Experience and expertise in navigating healthy, balanced budgets as well as making precarious, deficit-driven decisions.

  • Thought Leader

    Featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Thrive Global, FastCompany.com, among others, Carrie is often asked to share her solutions to productivity, entrepreneurial, and leadership challenges.

    Work published in professional association magazines, business journals, peer reviewed journals (print and online).

    Invited speaker at numerous regional, national, and international conferences.

  • Connector

    Possess robust network of individuals across the globe within education, finance, non-profit, philanthropy, healthcare, technology, marketing, creative, business, start-up, entertainment, and legal communities.

    Keen ability to facilitate conversations to establish and foster mutually beneficial partnerships.

    Member of Chief, a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there.

  • Educator

    Instructor for various doctoral-level courses, including Leadership Theory and Practice and Program Planning and Assessment. Create curriculum, assignments, and assessments to measure student learning outcomes.

  • Lawyer (retired)

    Began career as a transactional attorney with a practice focused on start-up companies, venture capital financing, private placement debt and equity financing, and issues related to corporate formation, ownership structure, and governance.

  • Fundraiser

    Donor-centric, mission-based fundraiser, matching donors’ passions to organization’s needs. Closed the most recent fiscal year with the largest fundraising total in institution’s history—for the third year in a row.

  • Spare Time

    Peloton enthusiast (#HOW2Boss), photographer, knitter, and executive producer for British short films: Lola, available exclusively on Showtime; Watchtower, available on Vimeo, with CowHouse Films; Harry the Hamster with Blank Page Pictures; music video: So It Goes by Bright World (Evan Williams).

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