Carla ann harris biography

Carla Harris is a renowned international public speaker and is also a Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. She was most recently the Vice Chairman responsible for increasing client connectivity and penetration to enhance revenue generation across the firm. In her 30+ year career as an investment banker, Ms. Harris has had extensive industry experiences in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and healthcare sectors. She is highly regarded as a motivator, executor, and leader. In August , Carla Harris was appointed by President Barack Obama to chair the National Women’s Business Council.

In early , Carla won the Anthem Award (Diversity Equity, Inclusion Business Leader of the Year Team and Leadership category) for her book Lead to Win and an inaugural Anthem Community Voice Award (Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Business Leader of the Year, grupp and Leader category). Carla was also recognized as a Webby Honoree. These outstanding ho

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Carla Harris is Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley having finished a 30+ year career as a Vice Chairman and Managing Director. Throughout her career she managed and executed billions of dollars of equity and equity related transactions, including the IPOs of UPS, Martha Stewart Omnimedia and the Immunex Corporation. She was also Chair of the Morgan Stanley Foundation from to and sits on the boards of several community organizations. In August , Carla was appointed by President Obama to chair the National Women’s Business Council.

She is a gospel recording artist, with 4 commercially released CDs under her belt, 6 sold out concerts at Carnegie Hall, 2 at the Apollo Theatre and a popular public speaker who gives impactful career guidance to corporate audiences based on her books, Expect to Win (), Strategize to Win (), and Lead to Win (). She sits on the boards of the Walmart Corporation, Cummins Corporation and MetLife. C