About

Women Rise Up

Living your truth as an uncompromising heroine in your story.

The journey requires courage, wisdom and compassion.

The destination is freedom.

Carolyn Godfrey

“I’ve been there — leading, succeeding, and navigating the unspoken rules in male-dominated spaces. I know the terrain because I’ve walked it.”

– Carolyn Godfrey

Carolyn Godfrey is the founder and CEO of Evolve Consulting and Women Rise Up — two powerhouse brands rooted in one mission: to grow bold, values-driven leadership that makes the world better.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Carolyn has spent over two decades coaching leaders and building programs that fuel real transformation — for individuals, teams, and entire organizations.

Women Rise Up is her dedicated calling — a coaching and leadership development platform focused solely on advancing women in leadership and in life. Why? Because we’re still living in a world where gender bias is real, outdated power structures linger, and women’s potential gets sidelined. Carolyn’s work is about flipping that script — helping women reclaim their power, rise into influence, and lead with clarity, courage, and heart.

Before launching Evolve, Carolyn held leadership roles in male-dominated fields like high-tech, enterprise software, and environmental engineering. She knows what it means to navigate power dynamics that weren’t designed with women in mind — because she’s done it. She’s walked the walk, climbed the ladders, and found ways to rise without selling out.

Today, she brings that lived experience — along with deep expertise in human behavior, systems thinking, and leadership development — to help others do the same. Whether she’s coaching a senior exec, training a leadership team, or speaking to a room full of changemakers, Carolyn’s work always points in one direction:

A more equitable, empowered, and integrity-driven future.

Carolyn Godfrey has been helping women rise for over two decades and the results speak for themselves.

She’s coached women through promotions, leadership transitions, and high-stakes challenges. She’s helped them break through gender bias, build reputations that stick, step into decision-making power, and reach personal and professional goals that once felt out of reach.

Since 2001, Carolyn has brought her leadership chops to a wide range of industries — from tech, high-tech, and engineering to finance, education, housing, healthcare, and nuclear power (yes, really). She’s supported everyone from nonprofit changemakers like minority women’s empowerment organizations and she’s done it with heart, strategy, and science.

Carolyn holds a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential with the International Coach Federation, a Bachelor’s in Chemistry (she loves a good formula), and a Master’s in Human Resources and Organization Development. She combines all of it to help women lead with clarity, influence, and purpose.

Because the world needs more women at the table and she’s here to help them get there and stay there.