George Soule
Manager of Strategic Communications

George Soule, the Manager of Strategic Communications in Carnegie Corporation of New York's public affairs office, works to present the Corporation’s mission and its programmatic work to external audiences to increase their knowledge and understanding.

Before joining the Corporation, George was an independent consultant helping nonprofit organizations and foundations in the United States and abroad to create informative public campaigns. Prior to that, Soule was an Associate Director with the Rockefeller Foundation for ten years. At the Foundation, he created and implemented communications strategies to advance the public education, visibility and advocacy goals of Rockefeller and its grantees. George also managed press relations and extensive print and electronic publications and crafted public messages for Foundation-wide use. He has worked as a Vice President at Edelman Public Relations Worldwide where he initiated and managed communications programs for corporate, government and non-profit clients. Early in his career he held positions at Ogilvy/Adams & Rinehart and Wolfe Lombard, communications consultancies.

Soule earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Duke University and a Master of International Affairs degree in international political economies from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.