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Carla Harris is a Vice Chairman, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. She is responsible for increasing client connectivity and penetration to enhance revenue generation across the firm. She formerly headed the Emerging Manager Platform, the equity capital markets effort for the consumer and retail industries and was responsible for Equity Private Placements. In her 30 year career, Ms. Harris has had extensive industry experiences in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and healthcare sectors. In August 2013, Carla was appointed by President Barack Obama to chair the National Women’s Business Council.

For more than a decade, Ms. Harris was a senior member of the equity syndicate desk and executed such transactions as initial public offerings for UPS, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Ariba, Redback, the General Motors sub-IPO of Delphi Automotive, and the $3.2 Billion common stock transaction for Immunex Corporation, one of the largest biotechnology common stock transactions in U.S. history. Ms. Harris was named to Fortune Magazine’s list of “The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America”, Fortune’s Most Influential List, U. S. Bankers Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance (2009, 2010, 2011), Black Enterprise’s Top 75 Most Powerful Women in Business (2017), and “Top 75 African Americans on Wall Street”, and to Essence Magazine’s list of “The 50 Women Who are Shaping the World”, Ebony’s list of the Power 100 and “15 Corporate Women at the Top” and was named “Woman of the Year 2004” by the Harvard Black Men’s Forum and in 2011 by the Yale Black Men’s Forum.

NOTE about hotel rooms:

We have sold out of our blocked rooms at both the Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek and the Waldorf Astoria Orlando, but there are still rooms available at higher rates. We have also included alternative hotels below. Please contact the hotels directly.

Both Signia and Waldorf require a deposit for one night room and tax. If you made a reservation at these hotels and require a receipt, please contact ORLHHORLBCResv@Hilton.com.

Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek
14100 Bonnet Creek Resort Lane
Orlando, FL 32821

Waldorf Astoria Orlando
14200 Bonnet Creek Resort Lane
Orlando, FL 32821

Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek (0.1 miles)
14651 Chelonia Parkway
Orlando, FL 32821

JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek (0.6 miles)
14900 Chelonia Parkway
Orlando, FL 32821