About Grace

Twenty-five years turning boardroom pressure into clear decisions.

Grace Carleton portrait

Grace Carleton is an executive coach and leadership advisor with more than twenty-five years partnering with CEOs and senior leaders through growth, transformation, and complex business challenges. As an early female leader in the technology sector, she built her career leading client strategy and business operations, and she brings that firsthand executive experience into every coaching partnership.

Her coaching is anchored to organizational strategy and aligned with individual development goals. Sessions are practical and enterprise-focused, built around board expectations, succession priorities, and measurable outcomes rather than one-time awareness. She creates a confidential space where leaders challenge assumptions, sharpen self-awareness, and make more intentional decisions.

Grace's business acumen spans technology, energy, food service and manufacturing, oil and gas, financial services, healthcare, and supply chain. Her deep grounding in governance and compliance helps leaders adapt when operational realities test the standard playbook.

Grace under pressure.

Credentials

A rigorous foundation beneath every conversation.

Grace holds ICF-PCC and iPEC ACTP credentials and a Korn Ferry Leadership Solutions certification (KF360, Learning Agility, and the Inclusive Leader). Her board leadership includes President of NAWBO-DFW, Director at the Dallas Regional Chamber, the Women's Advisory Board at Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, Board Chairman of West Dallas Community Centers, and Board Member of ICF Dallas.

Coaching Credentials

  • ICF-PCC
  • iPEC ACTP
  • Korn Ferry Leadership Solutions certification (KF360, Learning Agility, and the Inclusive Leader)

Board Roles

  • President of NAWBO-DFW
  • Director at the Dallas Regional Chamber
  • Women's Advisory Board at Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
  • Board Chairman of West Dallas Community Centers
  • Board Member of ICF Dallas

Education

Northeastern University, BS in Business and Computer Science.

In Demand

Sought out by name for high-stakes, time-sensitive executive engagements.