Cara Shortsleeve is the CEO at The Leadership Consortium (TLC), a leadership development platform for high potential leaders with a specific expertise on accelerating women and people of color. Cara joined TLC in 2018 to launch and scale the business. Since that time, TLC has forged a strong partnership with professors at the Harvard Business School, attracted best-in-class clients (including Google, Walmart, IBM, P&G, GE, SAP and dozens more), and enabled 3,000+ executives to lead stronger teams and businesses. Prior to joining TLC, Cara spent 10+ years in various leadership roles at Google and YouTube -- most recently focussing on commercial and product strategy as a Global Director for GTM at YouTube. Previously, she helped launch and scale Google’s east coast, mid-market sales presence and then led the North American mid market sales teams for Financial Services and Healthcare. Before Google, Cara managed the US running apparel business at New Balance, served as a Sales Director for Hind/Saucony, and spent three years with Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division. Cara received her BA from Williams College and her MBA from Harvard Business School.
