Candice has an extensive background in leading entrepreneurial organizations. She conceived and built iVillage.com, the leading women’s network online, one of the stickiest destinations online, leader in reaching the attractive 25-54 year-old female demographic. This audience controls 75% of all purchase decisions in our economy and accounts for a majority of all advertising dollars. The company was an early innovator in the sponsorship model, and has relationships with over 100 blue chip consumer companies including P&G, Schwab, Ford, Unilever, J and J, Glaxo-Welcome. Led the company through 6 successful rounds of financing and consistently beat all quarterly expectations during her tenure as CEO.

Awarded The Matrix Award, the highest honor given to women in media, 2000, the MIT Institute Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership, 2000, and the Innovators in Women’s Health Award, 2000. iVillage regularly cited as the best online community, (Yahoo Life ), as well as one of the most influential innovators in community. Awarded the Angel Award for raising the awareness of issues important to women in the 2001 election. Prior to founding iVillage, Candice was President of Q2, the retail shopping division of QVC. Broaded its appeal to a younger and more affluent demographic. Built a 200-person TV studio, broadcasting live 24/7, on a very low budget, as well as a retailing operation equivalent to a department store in terms of SKUs. The only new retailing network to go live on schedule.

Candice was also President of Time-Life Video and Time-Life Video and Television. Built a start-up operation into the most profitable division of Time Life, and then expanded the business to include original TV in order to leverage the video revenue stream, based on a significant customer data-base, greatly reducing the financial risks. The first production in the new division was awarded the Emmy for Best Prime-Time Documentary, aired on NBC in 1994.

She also led the Consumer Financial Services, Sign and Travel activities and Marketing and Strategic Planning during her tenure at American Express.

Candice holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University.

She sits on the Boards of several organizations including: Saatchi and Saatchi the global advertising agency with a presence in over 50 countries, Prep for Prep the leading organization placing high-potential students of color, Silicon Alley Investors, a joint venture of Goldman Sachs, Rho Management, and Sevren Rosen, and DNA at Work, a company dedicated to addressing the key human capital challenges in the new workplace.

She is a popular speaker addressing such groups as: Harvard Business School, MIT, Yale School of Management, Stanford, London School of Economics, Wharton, World Economic Forum at Davos, Business Week CEO Retreat, Renaissance Weekend, Gartner Group, Industry Standard CEO Summit, Committee of 200, Women and Co., Innovation Conference, Goldman Sachs, Paine Weber, Fashion CEO Summit, and many more.

In her new book, Chapters, Candice lays out an electrifying new approach to taking charge of change. One reviewer said, “(the book) reveals an entirely new way to think about change and a refreshingly innovative and workable framework for managing it.”

Candice Carpenter’s areas of expertise are: Organizational Change and Leadership