Over the last 20 years, Carrie has sat on dozens of event industry boards and advisory committees, steering and guiding best practices for the hospitality world. She's been recognized as Successful Magazine’s “Top Industry Influencers” and a Meetings Trendsetter by Meetings Today Magazine. More recently, Carrie was inducted into the Smart Meetings Magazine’s Women in Events Hall of Fame.  

Carrie co-founded the Association for Women in Events in 2015 and hosted a successful podcast on Apple, "Like an #EventBoss" in 2021.  From 2021-2022 she also co-hosted “Events from Black to White” – a monthly live virtual DEI discussion with events colleague Derrick Johnson.