Humberto Carolo
Chief Executive Director, White Ribbon
2022, 2023, 2026
Humberto is a globally recognized gender-based violence prevention expert and the CEO of White Ribbon. With a focus on engaging men and boys as allies in promoting gender equality and healthy masculinities, he has provided technical assistance and expert guidance to diverse organizations, institutions, governments, UN agencies, and industries around the globe.
Humberto is a former Co-chair and current Board member of the Global MenEngage Alliance and is a founding member of the North American MenEngage Network. In addition to his work in Canada and the United States, Humberto has developed significant cross-cultural experience in diverse settings around the globe.
Humberto serves as the Co-chair of the External Advisory Council for the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Defence Community Support and Resource Centre, and is a member of the Ontario Government’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee. He is also a member of the Religions for Peace Standing Commission on Advancing Gender Equality.
Humberto has a degree in Sociology, Political Science and Portuguese from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the Emerging Leaders Program (Leadership and Nonprofit Management) from the York University Schulich School of Business. Humberto is a Diverse City Fellow.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
