Carmen McClaskey

Carmen is a passionate people manager who began her career in the non-profit education sector, working to introduce new technology curriculum into the Los Angeles School District. She then moved to Washington, D.C., and spent seven years in increasingly senior roles with an organization focused on leadership development for high achieving students. She served as Director of Programs for the National Young Leaders Conference and the National Youth Leadership Forums on Law and National Security, shepherding more than 10,000 students through experiential education programming. Most recently, Carmen was the Vice President of Internal Communications for CEB (now Gartner), a research and advisory firm focused on equipping leaders with insights, advice, and tools to achieve their goals. She earned a B.A. in Psychology and B.S. in Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Communication from Johns Hopkins University. She lives in Arlington, Virginia where she enjoys watching movies, hosting game nights, and playing various recreational sports.