Sharlyn Carrington is an award-winning communications strategist and trusted senior advisor to leaders navigating complexity, change, and public accountability. With more than 17 years’ experience across public and private sectors, she works with organizations that need clarity, credibility, and cohesion in high-stakes environments.
Sharlyn has led integrated communications and engagement strategies, advised executives, political leaders, and business owners, and helped organizations build resilient brands rooted in trust. Her public-sector experience includes advising more than 12 cabinet ministers and two premiers, and developing communications strategies, protocols, and public-facing campaigns for initiatives serving underrepresented and vulnerable populations—work that required political acuity, risk management, and a deep understanding of public trust.
Today, through her consultancy, Sharlyn serves as a strategic partner to mission-driven organizations across nonprofit, higher education, mental health, and small business. She supports leadership teams with brand strategy, reputation management, stakeholder communications, and the systems and protocols that enable organizations to communicate clearly and credibly—especially during periods of growth, transition, or scrutiny. Her work is grounded in the belief that strong communications infrastructure is essential to organizational health, trust, and long-term impact.
An experienced inclusion strategist, speaker, and facilitator, Sharlyn brings both academic research and lived experience to her work on equity in communications and leadership. Her research has contributed to national conversations on representation and power within the public relations industry, and she co-founded the Anti-Racism in Public Relations Conference, convening more than 600 communicators to advance practical, systemic change. She is regularly invited to speak, facilitate, and contribute to conversations at the intersection of communications, leadership, and equity.
Sharlyn holds a Master’s degree in Communications Management from McMaster University, a graduate certificate in Public Relations from Humber College, and a certificate in Leadership and Inclusion from Centennial College.
