BY VICTORIA KICKHAM, SENIOR EDITOR
THE DC VELOCITY Q&A
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FedEx’s Brie Carere is using her passion for global logistics to inspire other women to
pursue careers in the fast-changing, technology-driven, opportunity-filled industry.
INTERVIEW WITH BRIE CARERE
IT’S NO EASY TASK WORKING YOUR WAY TO THE
top of one of the world’s largest transportation and logis-
tics companies, but Brie Carere has done it. Along the
way, Carere, who is the executive vice president and
chief marketing and communications officer for Memphis,
Tenn.-based FedEx Corp., has channeled her passion for
the industry into a passion for creating leadership and men-
torship opportunities for other women—and spreading the
word about where a career in transportation and logistics
can take you.
Carere joined FedEx in 2001 as a marketing specialist and
has since held a variety of marketing, customer experience,
and strategy posts across the company’s U.S. and Canadian
operations. She founded a Women in Leadership community at FedEx during her time in Canada and is now a leader
in the company’s U.S. Women in Leadership network,
which supports and encourages women at all levels of the
organization. She emphasizes the diverse career opportu-
Paving the way for
women in transportation
