Carol Stephenson

Carol Stephenson, OC is a Canadian business executive and the recently retired^[1] dean of the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario.

Career

Born in

Richard Ivey School of Business

in 2003.

The 2010 Ontario Salary Disclosure listed her salary at $405,000 CAD, making her the second highest paid employee at the University of Western Ontario, trailing only the president.

Recognition and awards

The Canadian Women in Communications Association named her Woman of the Year in 1995. In 2000,

Ryerson University awarded her an honorary doctorate in engineering. In 2001, she received the Woman of Distinction designation from the YWCA, and in 2005, Stephenson was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Canadian Information Productivity Awards for her contribution in building a competitive telecommunications industry in Canada. In 2012, she was inducted into the London and District Business Hall of Fame in London, Ontario

.

In 2009, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for her contributions to the development of our national telecommunications industry and for implementing innovative changes to business school education in Canada".^[2]

Board and committee appointments

She was named to the board of directors of the post-bankruptcy General Motors in July 2009^[3] as a representative of Canada Holdings, and had previously served on the board of General Motors Canada. She also serves as a director of Intact Financial Services (formerly ING Canada) and was previously a director of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

From 2005 to 2007, Stephenson was a member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Science and Technology and is a former Chair of the Ontario Research Fund Advisory Board.

From 2015 to 2019, she was chair of the Board of Directors for the Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing, in London, Ontario.[1]

Education

Along with her

University of California at Berkeley in 1989, and the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School

in 1994.

References

^ "Dean of Ivey Exits" (video)
^ "Governor General Announces 57 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. December 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
^ "General Motors Says Five Elected to Board of Directors (Update1)". Bloomberg. July 23, 2009.

[1] "Dean of Ivey Exits" (video)

[2] "Governor General Announces 57 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. December 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-30.

[3] "General Motors Says Five Elected to Board of Directors (Update1)". Bloomberg. July 23, 2009.

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