Carolyn Warner
Carolyn Warner, R, Phoenix, Arizona, is founder and president of Corporate//Education Consulting, Inc. (C//ECI), a national-scope consulting firm based in Phoenix, Arizona. She has been active for more than three decades on state and national levels as a respected and effective educational advocate and public policy leader. She is also an acclaimed speaker and best-selling author.
Carolyn served for 12 years as Arizona’s elected state superintendent of public instruction, the first non-educator to hold that post. In this position, she was a member and executive officer of the State Board of Education/Career and Technical Education and also served on the Arizona Board of Regents and the State Community College Board. Hallmarks of Carolyn’s tenure were increased services to schools, greater accountability, greater involvement of business and the community in education policy, ground-breaking Basic Skills and Employability Skills initiatives and the creation of the Arizona Educational Foundation. In 1986, she was her party’s nominee for Governor of Arizona.
Proving that there is “life after politics,” Carolyn received congressional and presidential appointments to the National Skill Standards Board and the White House Conference on Small Business and was a presidential appointee to the National Commission on the Public Service. She currently serves on the board of directors of the Phoenix School of Law, as national treasurer of Jobs for America’s Graduates—the nation’s most successful school-to-work transition program, and is co-chair of the Arizona Skill Standards Commission.
Plan to attend Carolyn’s speech. Her fervor as an advocate for women will be sure to inspire you!
Carolyn’s most recent book, “The Words of Extraordinary Women,” celebrates the most important female voices in history and is the newest addition to the acclaimed Newmarket Press “Words Of” series featuring words and writing of notable women in the arts, education, sciences and politics. Carolyn will hold a book signing event for P.E.O.s on Friday afternoon.
