Charity Carmody is a fourth-generation Alaskan. She and her husband, Kris, have four grown children and four grandchildren. They first became foster parents at the age of 21. Charity is a Champion for Children Awardee from the Alaska Children’s Trust, a Top 40 Under 40 recipient, an Athena Society Inductee, and a member of Anchorage 100+ Women Who Care. She has been in finance and insurance since starting her career in 1994 and founded Carmody Insurance Agency in 2007. Her agency is based in Anchorage, Alaska. Charity is the acting Executive Director of the Alaska Impact Alliance under her business and strategic consulting company, Beautiful Step Consulting. In 2009, she co-founded Beacon Hill, a nonprofit dedicated to foster care prevention and family reunification. Beacon Hill operates Safe Families for Children Alaska in several cities, provides supervised visitation and mentorship for children in foster care through Family Support Centers in Anchorage and Wasilla, and manages the Heart Gallery of Alaska, which recruits adoptive homes for children legally free for adoption. Charity served as the Board President and volunteer Executive Director until 2018. She is also the author of Go Ahead Girl: A No-Nonsense Guide to Building the Life YOU Want and a public speaker, sharing her expertise on leadership, business, and social impact. Charity holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University and earned her bachelor’s in business and MBA from Alaska Pacific University, where she now teaches as an adjunct business professor.

You can reach Charity at charity@dev.alaskaimpactalliance.com.