Carolyn is a dynamic and accomplished attorney. She currently serves as Of Counsel at Cohn & Dussi in Boston, MA where she specializes in personal injury litigation. Carolyn previously held the position of Assistant District Attorney in the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has extensive experience in criminal litigation including jury trials and criminal motion practice. She was also a Visiting Professor at Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Criminal Justice where  she provided advanced instruction to graduate and under-graduate students in criminal law, criminal due process, trial advocacy, civil procedure and family violence. Carolyn was honored with Robert A. Sheehan Excellence in Teaching Awards two years in a row. 

Carolyn has also served as the Executive Director of numerous Not for Profit organizations in New York City whose missions are to provide life-saving and life-altering surgery to children in need both domestically and internationally. 

Carolyn’s passion includes establishing organizational vision, developing innovative programs and securing resources to ensure achievement of long-term and short-term objectives. She is a skilled manager who focuses on hiring the best people, collaborating effectively with external stakeholders and inspiring success organization-wide.

Carolyn has her Juris Doctorate from Boston University School of Law, a Masters in Science degree from Northeastern University’s Graduate School of Criminal Justice, as well as an LL.M.in criminal law and constitutional law from New York University Law School. 

Carolyn is honored to be the Chairman  of the Board of Directors of the Grace Children’s Foundation’s (GCF), where she acts as legal advisor and works with an extraordinary team as GCF evolves from its manual network to a digital platform. She witnessed first hand for many years how difficult it is to get children the care that they desperately need. There are so many wonderful physicians at incredible institutions who have no idea what others are doing around the world. The connectivity of the Children’s Resource Exchange (CRE) will help save the lives of millions of children. GCF has partnered with innovators at companies such as Microsoft, WebMd/Medscape Pediatrics and IneHealth/Idonia, and speaks to the outstanding vision and  impact of the CRE. The concept of connecting all services necessary to assist medically fragile children in the United States and around the globe is brilliant and thanks to GCF, this vision will come to fruition.