Carolyn is Co-Founder and CEO of Chief, leading the company as it builds the largest community of senior women executives. She is also a member of Chief’s Board of Directors. Under Carolyn’s leadership, Chief has grown to be the largest community of senior women executives.
Prior to founding Chief, Carolyn was Senior Vice President of Operations at Handy, then led the launch of Soap.com and acted as GM through its acquisition by Amazon. Prior to Handy, Carolyn held strategy and business development roles at Victoria’s Secret and Avon Products. She began her career in finance, working in investment banking at Deutsche Bank. Carolyn has been named to Inc.’s Female Founders 100 List and Chief has been recognized as one of TIME’s Most Influential Companies and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.
Carolyn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Boston College, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Carolyn started their career as an Investment Banking Associate at Deutsche Bank before moving to Avon Products as Manager of Strategy & Business Development. Carolyn then transitioned to Victoria’s Secret, where they managed commercialization efforts, before joining Amazon as Head of Soap.com. At Amazon, Carolyn oversaw operations for Quidsi, an Amazon subsidiary. Carolyn then left Amazon to join Primary Venture Partners as an Operating Partner and later as Entrepreneur In Residence. Carolyn’s most recent position before Chief was SVP of Operations at Handy HQ.
Carolyn has a degree in Economics from Dartmouth College.
Carolyn Childers attended Harvard Business School and Boston College, earning a BS in finance.
Some individuals on their team include Caroline Dell - VP & GM, New Verticals, Clare Carr - VP, Enterprise Marketing, and Erika Johnson - VP, Member Experience.
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Chief was founded in 2019 by Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan as a women's networking organization. Today, Chief is the largest community of senior women executives in the U.S. Chief members represent over 10,000 organizations including 77% of Fortune 100 companies and more than 40% of Chief members are in the C-Suite. Chief membership includes services that help its senior women executive members raise their leadership game. These services range from one-on-one or peer group executive coaching, programming centered on the most pressing and timely issues in business, and access to a vast, powerful community where members can build powerful connections. Chief Membership: Executive Coaching: Chief offers coaching in small groups or one to one settings, depending on member preferences and needs. Small group coaching, or Core, is for members looking for peer advice on a variety of topics. Through Core, members meet regularly with 8-10 professional peers and an executive coach for candid conversations based on topics raised by each member of the group. The groups are carefully curated so that each member finds value in the professional peers they’re paired with. Executive Coaching is for members looking for goal-based, one-on-one guidance at their pace and on their schedule. This membership tier provides a more individualized approach to leadership advisory through one-to-one sessions with a vetted executive coach, all tailored to a member’s specific leadership needs. Programming: Chief offers a wide range of in-person and virtual year-round programming all centered on the most timely and pressing issues facing business leaders. This includes roundtable discussions led by industry experts, inspiring speakers, local one-day conferences, and thought-provoking editorial content. Community: In business, it’s widely known that who you know matters just as much as what you know. Through Chief, members have access to a vast community of business leaders through the digital platform or the many opportunities offered to connect in-person. Chief has five elegant clubhouse locations in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, DC where members can meet new connections or book space for any of their professional needs. For members who are not located in a clubhouse city, Chief has partnerships with organizations like Industrious and Soho House so that members can convene in-person. Chief’s digital platform allows members to seamlessly search for and connect with members relevant to them. Chief has a grant program to reduce the financial barrier for executives who have historically faced identity-based inequity and those employed in the non-profit sector. Since launch, Chief has provided nearly $10 million in grants. Chief has been recognized as one of TIME's Most Influential Companies and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.