Carolyn Mozell brings more than 20 years of executive leadership experience across local government and nonprofit organizations.

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Prior to founding Leaders Who Connect & Inspire LLC, Carolyn served in senior leadership roles within Baltimore City government, including City Council Chief of Staff, Mayoral Deputy Chief of Staff, and Interim Mayoral Chief of Staff. She provided executive oversight for a portfolio of 13 agencies representing more than 700 employees and over $200 million in public resources, while coordinating complex initiatives involving elected officials, executive leaders, government agencies, community stakeholders, and public-private partners.

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Throughout her public service career, Carolyn helped lead through periods of significant change and complexity, including an unexpected mayoral transition, inauguration operations during a ransomware attack, major economic development initiatives, and aspects of Baltimore City’s COVID-19 response and recovery. She later served as Chief Operating Officer of a Baltimore-based nonprofit organization, leading operations, strategic execution, performance management, and leadership support.

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Today, Carolyn helps public-serving organizations strengthen the decisions that drive execution. She partners with executive directors, presidents, governing boards, and senior leadership teams when critical priorities are being delayed, revisited, inconsistently interpreted, or weakened by unclear authority and accountability.

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Carolyn is the creator of Decision Integrity™, a framework that examines the conditions that determine whether leadership decisions can gain traction, withstand pressure, and translate into sustained action. Her work helps leaders identify decision risk, clarify authority, strengthen accountability, and sustain follow-through so important priorities can move forward.

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Her work is grounded in a simple premise: when leadership decisions are clear, owned, and sustained, organizations are better positioned to execute their priorities and improve outcomes for the people and communities they serve.

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Carolyn is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park and serves in leadership roles with organizations supporting the Greater Baltimore community.