Dr. Carol Gravel is the executive director and principal consultant at Binnacle Consulting where she helps organizations navigate 21 century talent and learning to address the needs of their current and future workforce. 

As organizations transform their business models and functions, they are challenged with defining what changes are needed from a talent and learning perspective. Carol has helped numerous organizations achieve measurable business impact through effective talent and learning strategies and solutions.  With over 15 years of experience working with global organizations Carol knows what it takes to analyze, define, measure and implement effective solutions that are aligned to organizational needs.  

During her career, Carol has held senior leadership roles in HR, OD, talent management and learning. She has been invited to present at numerous international conferences such as the Oxford University Global HR conference and the International Online Learning Consortium conference.   She has been published in several peer reviewed journals as well as several international talent and learning professional publications.

Dr. Gravel holds a bachelors in IT, master’s in education, a doctorate in education; with a focus on instructional technology and distance education and a graduate certification in project management from George Washington University. In addition, she earned her SHRM-CP certification from the Society of Human Resource Management and is active in the ATD Research Triangle Park chater where she is President Elect as well as a leader of the Learning Trends and Innovations SIG.