Carly is the founder and CEO of New Sector Alliance. She founded New Sector as a volunteer program in 2000 and incorporated it as a 501(c)(3) in 2001 while she was an MBA student at Harvard Business School. She served as CEO from 2001 - 2013, re-joined the organization in 2017 as executive chair, and became CEO again in 2023. In addition to her role with New Sector, Carly is the CEO of Carly Janson LLC and Alpine Miles Leadership, an executive coaching and leadership advisory firm.

 

Carly's career history includes serving as a director of the Career Management Center at Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), teaching leadership and career development courses at Harvard University, Stanford GSB, and Stanford d.school, and working as a strategy consultant, project leader, and leadership development expert at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Accenture, where she served clients ranging from Fortune 5 companies to public sector agencies. She co-founded and led Stanford GSB’s Career and Life Design program in partnership with the Stanford Life Design Lab and Dave Evans, co-author of Designing Your Life.

 

Carly has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in economics, magna cum laude, from Princeton University, where she was awarded a senior thesis prize for her research on the future of healthcare. Carly’s hobbies include running, downhill skiing, and spending time with friends and family at home and across the globe.

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Executive coaching and leadership development certifications:

• Professional Certified Coach (PCC), International Coach Federation

• Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), Co-Active Training Institute (CTI)

• Leadership Circle Profile and Leadership Circle Pulse

• Designing Your Life Executive Coach, Stanford University

• Gallup / CliftonStrengths Successful Strengths Coaching Program

• CareerLeader (Business Interests, Skills, and Motivators assessment developed by Harvard Business School)