Carlos A. Alvarenga

Carlos A. Alvarenga is a researcher, author, and educator. He has served as a senior research fellow and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and as an advisor to the Georgetown University SCS master’s degree program. In addition, Alvarenga is a private coach to senior leaders on persuasive communication.

Prior to his current roles, Alvarenga was the executive director of World 50 Labs, the member-innovation team at World 50, Inc. Before World 50, he was a principal in Ernst & Young Advisory Practice and, prior to EY, a managing director at Accenture.

Alvarenga received his BA in Humanities and Greek (Magna Cum Laude) from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, where he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

A father of two, he resides in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife, a physician/researcher at the National Institutes of Health.