Carl believes we all hold more agency than we realize. Whether he’s hosting a podcast, coaching a client, or focusing on organizational transformation, this belief is always front and center. With this belief, Carl founded The Boom List, in 2018, to celebrate and highlight creative thinkers of color across varied industries. As head coach at Homecoming Coaching, he partners with clients to discover their creative process to move towards action to find their purpose. 

Carl’s career began anchored in strategy with his work as a strategist at JWT and Translation. From there he spent over six years at the 4A’s, running the 4A’s Foundation and leading the MAIP team as Vice President of Talent Initiatives, before taking his talents to R/GA as the Global Executive Director of Equity Diversity and Inclusion. Most recently as a Director of Inclusion Strategy at Netflix, Carl worked with leaders across Marketing, Publicity, Communications, and Awards coaching them along their inclusion journey and providing strategic guidance on all things diversity and inclusion related. Currently, Carl is an Executive Coach at Homecoming Coaching helping businesses and leaders move into alignment with who they are, and a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Consultant supporting companies as they navigate their DEI journey. 

Outside of work he spends his privilege and power with a few organizations and is an active mentor. He has served on the VCU Brandcenter Directors Council, is a mentor for Backstage Capital, has been a MAIP Coach/Mentor since 2008, and looks for opportunities to help in any way he can. 

A graduate of Harvard University with a degree in Economics, he continued his education at Miami Ad School’s Boot Camp for Strategic Planning and got his Coaching for Transformation certification from Leadership that Works. In addition to his continued advocacy for equity, diversity, and inclusion, Carl enjoys spending time with his daughter, cycling, tennis, photography, house music, R/C cars, taekwondo, Lego, and therapy.