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Consulting & Advisory Services

Serving investors, public and private companies, non-profit organizations and membership organizations

Federal Relations
Corporate Governance
ESG & Diversity

Providing the expertise you need.

Whether it is the work of Congress, the federal regulatory agencies or the next proxy season, the issues that companies and investors must address will not stop.

Services

We offer services through a monthly retainer, per project or per report. 

We will customize a bid or expense breakdown for you.

 

Federal Relations

Identify the best strategies to engage Congressional members and regulatory agencies, develop relationships and understand how bills and rules may impact your business and investment strategies.

Corporate Governance

Best practices to help companies and investors develop effective advocacy tools to build relationships for the long-term benefit of companies and investors' beneficiaries.

(ESG) Environmental, Social and Governance & Diversity

Helping companies successfully navigate between investor expectations, risk management and company reporting demands. Working with investors to effectively communicate and engage with companies before and after proxy season. Assisting with diversity guidance and policies for Boards and investors.

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Federal Relations

If you feel like you don't know where to begin with federal issues, you're not alone.

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We can help you navigate the halls of Congress and regulatory agencies to support your business or investor needs.

ESG & Diversity

The roots of good governance can be knotted with acronyms like "ESG."

 

We can identify and develop a comprehensive plan and communicate it effectively.

Corporate Goverance

We have the philosophy that companies and their investors, have the opportunity to achieve greater outcomes together rather than working separately.

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Our efforts continue to bring directors and investors together for constructive dialogue on corporate governance, sustainable growth and corporate purpose.

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Memberships

Carlow Consulting, LLC is a member of several national and international organizations.

Publications
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Publications

Sally Curley & Carol Nolan Drake

Corporate Secretary

2019

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Private vs. Public Company Governance

2019-2020

Chapter Co-Author with Sally Curley 

Prof. Richard LeBlanc, York University, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Handbook of Corporate Governance Second Ed.

Under Publication

A Guide for Directors on Institutional Investors

2019-2020

Chapter Author 

Prof. Richard LeBlanc, York University, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Handbook of Corporate Governance Second Ed.

Under Publication

2019-2020

Chapter Co-Author with Sally Curley 

Prof. Richard LeBlanc, York University, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Handbook of Corporate Governance Second Ed.

Article Author 

ICGN Yearbook

2016

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Publications

Private vs. Public Company Governance

2019-2020

Chapter Co-Author with Sally Curley 

Prof. Richard LeBlanc, York University, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Handbook of Corporate Governance Second Ed.

Under Publication

A Guide for Directors on Institutional Investors

2019-2020

Chapter Author 

Prof. Richard LeBlanc, York University, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Handbook of Corporate Governance Second Ed.

Under Publication

ICGN Yearbook: Remuneration: Fairness within the Company and Within Society- Why is This Important?

2019

Contributor to the ICGN Yearbook  2019 published exclusively for ICGN Members

Published  December 2019 

Article Author 

ICGN Yearbook

2016

About
About
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Carol Nolan Drake

Founder of Carlow Consulting LLC & Published Author

Carol has had a career as an attorney, in state and local government, for a large institutional investor, three Governors and in senior-level positions. She maintained strong relationships over many years to benefit her clients and eventually formed her own company. 

 

In January of 2017, Carol founded her company after seeing a need for consulting and advisory expertise for investors, non-profits and other organizations for federal issues, and corporate governance, including ESG and diversity, best practices. In her career she's realized that federal laws or regulatory agency rules can be challenging to boards of directors, senior management, and investors. 

The Company is based in Columbus, OH with operations primarily in Washington, D.C. 

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Carlow Consulting LLC is named after County Carlow, Ireland, the ancestral home of our Nolan family. Family records note that the Nolands left Ireland after 1650 and later settled in North America.  

 

They prospered in Loudoun County, Virginia, where they operated Noland's Ferry,

a ferry service that shuttled passengers that needed to cross the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia.

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During the Revolutionary War, our ancestors served in the Continental Army and helped soldiers cross the Potomac River. Records indicate that General George Washington had dinner with the Noland's in 1783.

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