About Engage4Growth
Engage4Growth is a strategic advisory practice that helps organizations strengthen culture, deepen stakeholder relationships, and build meaningful community impact. We partner with leaders who want to turn purpose into performance—and create growth that benefits their business, their people, and their community.
Strategic Corporate Engagement Drives Growth
Business Growth
Business Growth
Business Growth
Strategic engagement fuels business growth by strengthening trust, informing smarter decision-making, and building resilience in an increasingly complex operating environment.
When organizations engage meaningfully with customers, employees, community partners, regulators, and other stakeholders, they gain deeper insight into emerging risks and opportunities—allowing them to adapt faster and innovate more effectively.
Engagement-driven organizations build stronger reputations, navigate change with greater confidence, and create durable value by aligning business strategy with the expectations of the markets and communities they serve.
People Growth
Business Growth
Business Growth
Strategic engagement drives people growth by connecting employees to purpose and reinforcing a sense of belonging, contribution, and shared ownership.
When employees are meaningfully engaged—through culture, leadership, community involvement, and opportunities to make an impact—they are more motivated, more loyal, and more innovative.
Engagement strengthens the employee experience across the lifecycle, supporting attraction, retention, and development while building cultures where people feel valued, connected, and empowered to do their best work.
Community Growth
Community Growth
Community Growth
Strategic engagement accelerates community growth by aligning corporate resources with real community needs and strengthening the capacity of nonprofit and civic organizations.
When companies move beyond transactional giving to build authentic, long-term partnerships, they help create stronger, more resilient communities.
Engagement enables organizations to invest more strategically, deepen local relationships, and support ecosystems that can sustain impact over time—benefiting both the community and the businesses that depend on its health and vitality.
Economic Growth
Community Growth
Community Growth
Strategic engagement fuels economic growth by strengthening the systems that enable markets, communities, and businesses to thrive together.
When organizations actively engage employees, community partners, nonprofits, and civic leaders, they help build a healthier local economy—one with a stronger workforce, more resilient communities, and a more attractive environment for investment and expansion.
Engagement accelerates economic growth by aligning corporate activity with local needs, unlocking underutilized talent, strengthening nonprofit and civic infrastructure, and creating conditions that support long-term business sustainability and regional competitiveness.
Meet our Founder
Carrie Reeder, Founder & Principal Consultant
Carrie is the Founder and President of Engage4Growth, a Charlotte-based consulting practice that helps companies align community and employee engagement with business strategy to strengthen culture, reputation, and performance. She brings more than 15 years of experience leading corporate citizenship, philanthropy, and brand initiatives for Fortune 500 companies.
Before launching Engage4Growth, Carrie served as Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility at Albemarle Corporation, where she led the company’s global community impact strategy, managed its corporate foundation, and elevated Albemarle’s presence and impact in the Charlotte region, the company’s headquarters city. She previously held leadership roles at U.S. Bank, Collins Aerospace, PwC, and Bank of America across CSR, ESG strategy, marketing, sponsorships, and stakeholder engagement.
Recognition & Personal Background
Carrie has been recognized for her leadership in aligning business strategy with social impact, earning distinctions such as:
✔ Top Woman in Banking – American Banker
✔ Game Changer Award – Ragan Communications
She holds a B.A. in Communications from DePauw University and lives in Charlotte with her husband, Chris, their daughter, Kendall, and their rescue lab, Koda.
