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Carolyn Best

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Board Member at Women's Equity Lab

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Carolyn Best is Managing Partner at Women's Equity Lab. With over 25 years of experience in business development and strategic partnerships, she has worked with Indigenous organizations, municipalities, provincial and federal governments, and commercial entities. Best has developed expertise in complex strategic pursuits and stakeholder relationship management across public and private sectors.

Experience

  1. Women's Equity LabManaging Partnercurrent2025 — presentCalgary, Alberta, Canada
  2. Self EmployedConsultantcurrent2024 — presentCalgary, Alberta, Canada
  3. ATCOBusiness Development Manager2022 — 2024
  4. ATCOSr. Manager Strategic Partnerships at ATCO Infrastructure Services2020 — 2022Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  5. ATCO GasSr. Manager Strategic Partnerships2018 — 2020Calgary
  6. ATCO Energy SolutionsSr. Manager Indigenous and Remote Communities Water Solutions2017 — 2018
  7. ATCO FrontecGM Business Development and Marketing2015 — 2017Calgary
  8. ATCO Structures & LogisiticsGM Business Development and Marketing2009 — 2015Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Indigenous RelationsRelationship BuildingContract Negotiation24Procurement2Business Development18New Business Development6Contract Management14Strategic Planning12Business PlanningSales11Energy1Logistics
+8 moreProject ManagementBudgetsTeam LeadershipBusiness StrategyChange ManagementProject PlanningNegotiationMarketing

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Colleagues at Women's Equity Lab

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Ariel Siller
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Barbara Henderson
Board Member at Women's Equity Lab
Christina Fox
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Claudia Blum
Board Member at Women's Equity Lab
Elizabeth Dutton
Board Member at Women's Equity Lab
Erika Oakes
Managing Partner at Women's Equity Lab
Irene Dorsman
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Who is Carolyn Best?
Carolyn Best is Managing Partner at Women's Equity Lab. With over 25 years of experience in business development and strategic partnerships, she has worked with Indigenous organizations, municipalities, provincial and federal governments, and commercial entities. Best has developed expertise in complex strategic pursuits and stakeholder relationship management across public and private sectors.
Where does Carolyn Best work?
Carolyn Best is Board Member at Women's Equity Lab.
Where did Carolyn Best go to school?
Carolyn Best studied at Ivey Business School Executive Education (Executive Leadership Program); University of Calgary (BComm).

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