Carol has served as an independent director for several public and private companies since her retirement in 2019. Her career in banking and finance was primarily working with companies and constituencies undergoing substantial transformation or financial turnaround. She was a Managing Director at Alix Partners from 2014-2019 and from 2008-2014 was a Managing Director at Lazard Freres. Prior to that she spent 13 years at Citigroup and Credit Suisse First Boston supporting clients in refinancings, capital raises and restructuring transactions. She currently serves on the Board of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (BTCF), the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy (NCLC) and is a member of the Board of Finance of Sharon, CT. Carol has an M.B.A. from IMD (Lausanne, Switzerland), a B.S. from the University of Delaware.