Carissa Farrelly

Carissa Farrelly is the Vice President and Global Head of Internal Communications at Sompo, based in New York. With over 20 years of experience in communications and marketing, she is a seasoned strategist specializing in aligning communication strategies with business goals to foster organizational unity and culture.  Farrelly’s expertise includes executive communications, stakeholder engagement, change management, digital initiatives, and employee value proposition development. During her 16+ years at Sompo, she has held key leadership roles within the global marketing and corporate communications team, successfully driving initiatives that enhance internal collaboration, employee engagement, and organizational culture and morale. Farrelly’s work also extends to brand development, website management, and user experience, all aimed at inspiring and uniting employees and stakeholders. She holds a BFA in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is a graduate of the prestigious Leadership Accelerator Program at Wharton Business School.