Carey Earle

chief idea farmer

Carey Earle is a yin yang of two extremes: the rolling green mountains of her home state of rural Vermont and the pulsating beat of New York City where she lived and worked for twenty years. She brings that energy to her clients as the chief idea farmer of Green Apple Marketing.

A serial entrepreneur who began her career on Madison Avenue, Carey has spent her career crafting brand strategy and marketing messages for some of the world’s most respected brands and high growth companies. She has appeared on CNNfn, CNBC, Bloomberg and PBS, was featured in a documentary about women business owners called “Alpha Female,” and has also been quoted in: The New York Times, Fortune Small Business, Business Week, Working Woman, Adweek and American Demographics.

She has co-authored two books with project management expert, Michelle LaBrosse, called The Know How Network and Business in a Backpack. She has also authored numerous articles and white papers including her most recent one: How to Beat the Recession Blues. 20 Exercises to Build Your Marketing Muscle.

Carey is an adjunct instructor of marketing at New York University, and also developed and taught a marketing management course at her alma mater, American University. She recently served as President of the American University Alumni Board, and currently serves as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the School of Communication. She also sits on the advisory board of the Brooklyn Business Library, and is a member of the Women President’s Organization.

A native of Vermont, Carey runs her business from a log cabin there and serves clients from Hong Kong and Seoul to New York and Haines, Alaska.