Carol Metzker  For over 15 years, Carol Metzker has helped clients tap into their success stories to uncover best practices, share knowledge and communicate clearly for successful outcomes.  She has worked successfully in educational, non-profit and corporate environments.  She has a Masters degree in Organizational Learning from George Mason University.

As contributing editor for Investor Relations Update, her stories about executives in Fortune 500 companies appear in monthly print and online publications of the National Investor Relations Institute.  Her articles have appeared in numerous publications including Global CEO, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Management Next and the Association for Financial Professionals’ journals, Pulse and Exchange.

Her past experience as Director of Client Services at Anderson Leadership Group, a leadership communication consulting firm, cultivated her interest in leadership development and gave her the opportunity for close observation and experience with top-level leaders.  Her work as a writer and consultant has led to interviews of hundreds of executives about their successful and innovative practices, providing a closer look at companies and their members.   Her work as an interviewer and writer for a National Science Foundation-sponsored study on the impact of Information Technology on India’s development provided a personal view of a variety of social and business cultures.

Carol’s volunteer service inspires her and also provides the subject for articles and frequent speaking engagements.  She has served as a mentor for FIRST.  As a Rotarian, in 2004 she experienced the polio eradication program firsthand, participating in and leading National Immunization Day trips to India.

She speaks frequently to businesses, schools and non-profit organizations about a variety of topics including knowledge management, outsourcing to India, polio eradication and paths to innovation and success.  Archives of her speech, “Making Meaning out of Data,” and moderated panel discussion, “The IR/PR Convergence: Tearing down the Silos,” can be found on OpenChannel.info.

She lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with her husband and two daughters.