Carrie Gilman is the Director of Inclusive Talent Development, where she leads the firm’s strategic initiative to embed inclusive, equitable, and high-performance talent practices across Business Units and Legal Practice Areas. In this role, Carrie serves as a key liaison between the Talent Department and BU leadership teams, driving the operationalization of inclusive strategies that support diverse career paths.
With a focus on data-informed decision-making and stakeholder engagement, Carrie designs and implements multi-phase talent programs including leadership development, succession planning, and high-potential growth initiatives. She champions inclusive culture building by ensuring all lawyers receive meaningful support and development opportunities.
Carrie’s work is grounded in collaboration, governance, and continuous improvement, aligning firmwide goals with innovative talent solutions that center belonging and opportunity while maintaining an elite performance culture.
Carrie is an active member of ALFDP, NALP, and PDC.
Carrie joined Goodwin in 2014 and has nearly 20 years of legal industry expertise, with more than a decade as a professional focused on creating inclusive workplaces where everyone has access to the career opportunities they are seeking. Carrie is a results-driven leader, skilled in cultural change management, championing people, cultivating inclusive leadership, and enhancing engagement.
Prior to joining Goodwin, Carrie worked in various marketing and business development roles, both within and outside of the legal industry, and in the public service sector of the legal profession.
Credentials
Education
JD
Suffolk University Law School
BA
The George Washington University
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Recent speaking engagements and trainings include:
- ALFDP Annual Meeting: Winning the Work: Business Development Success for Diverse Lawyers
- BioBreak Live Panel: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Life Sciences
- AIPLA Annual Meeting: Diversity Roundtable
- ALFDP Annual Conference: The Agile ALFDP Vet: How to Adapt and Be Successful When Change is Afoot
- Diversity of Lawyers in Pop Culture: Recognition and Elimination of Bias (CLE eligible)