Carolyn Mozell brings more than 20 years of executive leadership experience in 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.

 

In these roles, 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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During her public service career, Carolyn helped lead organizations through significant periods of 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 efforts.

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Carolyn later served as Chief Operating Officer of a Baltimore-based nonprofit organization, where she led organizational operations, strategic execution, performance management, and leadership support functions.

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Today, Carolyn partners with executive directors, presidents, governing boards, and senior leadership teams to strengthen governance, leadership alignment, stakeholder engagement, organizational effectiveness, and strategic execution.

 

Through strategic planning, executive facilitation, organizational assessments, executive briefings, leadership retreats, and advisory services, she helps organizations strengthen alignment, reduce execution risk, and move critical priorities forward so they can sustain momentum through change and beyond any one leader.

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Carolyn is the creator of Decision Integrity™, a framework designed to identify hidden execution risks, clarify authority, strengthen accountability, and help leadership decisions hold under pressure.

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Carolyn is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park. She serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Suited to Succeed | Dress for Success Greater Baltimore and serves on the Board of Directors of the Baltimore National Heritage Area. She resides in Baltimore, Maryland.