Carolyn Everson

Fortune 100 Board Member / Tech Executive & Expert / Active Angel Investor

About This Expert

Carolyn Everson serves as a Director of The Coca-Cola Company, The Walt Disney Company and other global organizations. She is a business leader with extensive experience in media and consumer-facing companies.

Everson most recently served as president of Instacart. Prior to that role, she was vice president, Global Business Group, at Facebook, now known as Meta, where she led a global team of more than 4,000 people and was responsible for over $80 billion in revenue. Prior to Facebook, Everson was corporate vice president of the Global Advertising Sales and Trade Marketing Teams at Microsoft. Her other previous roles included seven years at Viacom, where she ultimately served as chief operating officer at MTVN Ad Sales at Viacom. Prior to Viacom, Everson worked at Primedia, Walt Disney Imagineering and Accenture Consulting.

In addition to the Coca-Cola Company and the Walt Disney Company, Everson serves on the boards of Villanova University, the Humane Society of the United States and Columbia Medical School. She previously served as a director of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. from June 2016 to May 2018. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Everson earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and communications from Villanova University. She has a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School.