Carolann Harding

Executive Director | SmartICE Sea Ice Monitoring & Information Inc. | Canada

Carolann Harding, ICD.D, as the Executive Director of SmartICE, is leading a diverse coast to coast to coast award-winning team (President’s Award for Public Engagement Partnerships 2020, Governor General Innovation Award 2019, United Nations Momentum for Change 2017, Arctic Inspiration Prize 2016), focusing on meeting SmartICE’s social enterprise mandate, strategic directions, and social impacts. Carolann is currently the Chair of FoodFirst NL, a director on the Women in Resource Development Corporation Board, and a member of the ICD NL Chapter Executive. In 1990, Carolann was named the Youth Entrepreneur of the Year for NL, in 2002 she won a Public Service Award of Excellence, and in 2014 she received a World of Difference 100 Award presented by The International Alliance of Women (TIAW). Carolann is a graduate of both Memorial and Dalhousie universities. In March 2021, Atlantic Business Magazine, named Carolann as one of Atlantic Canada’s 25 Most Powerful Women in Business.