Karen M. McCarthy
Karen M. McCarthy is Vice President, Communications and Corporate Affairs at Fortis Inc.
Ms. McCarthy has been with the Fortis group of companies for seven years, joining Newfoundland Power in 2013 as Manager, Corporate Affairs and Communications, and subsequently Director, Customer and Corporate Relations. She joined Fortis Inc. in 2016 as Director, Communications and Corporate Affairs and was appointed to her current role in 2018.
Ms. McCarthy was previously President of an Atlantic Canadian public affairs consulting firm for seven years and spent 15 years in the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial public service with senior roles in communications, cabinet operations, energy, labour relations and intergovernmental affairs.
She earned a Bachelor of Public Relations from Mount Saint Vincent University, a Master of Education (Leadership) from Memorial University and was awarded the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) in 2017. She is currently a student in the Doctorate in Business Administration Program at Athabasca University, focusing her research on corporate governance and reputation management.
Ms. McCarthy is immediate Past Chair of the Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter of ICD and is a Regent and Committee Chair on Memorial University’s Board of Regents. She is active within the Canadian Electricity Association and Edison Electric Institute, and is an avid arts and business volunteer.
Sessions auxquelles Karen M. McCarthy assiste
Samedi 12 Juin, 2021
Dimanche 13 Juin, 2021
In all organizations past events, even if they are unique or at least very unlikely to recur, have strength beyond their ambition. In terms of NCA Theory they have persistent influence and therefore are durable actors in the network regardless of the presence of human actors who had direct experience. The crisis in education of March 2020 will never unenroll from our network of management education. As a result, it will resonate in institutional choices, individuals' decisions and forever ...
You are invited to a virtual meet and greet with Deborah Hurst, Dean of the Faculty of Business at Athabasca University. Dean Hurst is keen to meet with PhD students and recent graduates.
Lundi 14 Juin, 2021
We live in a world that emphasize the rational and the objective. We cling dearly to objective facts, rigorous thought and rational decisions. In doing so, we risk losing sight of the internal world and our emotional and intuitive aspects. Understanding our “inner theatre” is essential, but also an uphill challenge, fraught with difficulties and anxieties. In this conversation, Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries explores the essential need to build self-understanding and the difficulty in doing so.
Mardi 15 Juin, 2021
PLEASE NOTE: The virtual button for this session will appear 10 minutes prior to the session start.At the outset of 2020, many universities were starting to explore alternative teaching technologies and new approaches to delivering learning outcomes. What started as strategic initiatives with timelines measured in years turned into a massive and unprecedented transition that essentially took place over a weekend. It wasn’t always pretty, and it was not without pain, awkwardne...
PLEASE NOTE: The virtual button for this session will appear 10 minutes prior to the session start.Interested in learning some of the basics when it comes to working with social and traditional media? Join Rory O'Neill, a ten-year communications professional, who will take you through some of the fundamentals of growing your own presence and profile through social media, as well as a few tips and expectations for working and building relationships with reporters and mainstrea...
