# Carolyn Manning

> Carolyn Manning is a New York marketing executive and community builder whose career has moved from lululemon and Meetup to Outdoor Voices, Galileo, and Sage. Now Chief Marketing Officer of the senior-living technology company Sage, she brings a consistent operating idea to very different businesses: begin with real relationships, let communities shape the work, and translate purpose into disciplined growth.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at Sage
- **Organizations:** Sage, Hysterical, Sunday Dinner Community, Galileo, Outdoor Voices, Meetup, lululemon
- **Education:** BA in Literature, Lafayette College, JD, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
- **Known for:** Named among the Glossy 50 Fashion Front-Runners in 2019 for her community leadership at Outdoor Voices., Led Outdoor Voices community programming that included a 1,500-person outdoor dance event at Lincoln Center., Reported that Outdoor Voices stores connected to community events were seeing twice the sales of the prior year.

## Career timeline

- **2007-2017** — Held a series of roles at lululemon, advancing from regional management to Vice President of Brand and Community.
- **2017-2019** — Served as Vice President of Marketing at Meetup, including work around community communication during the platform's web redesign.
- **2019-2020** — Served as Vice President of Community at Outdoor Voices, overseeing local activations and the OVU campus program.
- **2020-2025** — Served as Vice President of Marketing at Galileo and helped articulate a brand position built around confidence, precision and sincerity.
- **2021-present** — Member of the Sunday Dinner Community for marketing leaders.
- **2022-present** — Co-founded Hysterical.
- **2025-present** — Chief Marketing Officer at Sage, a New York technology company serving senior-living communities.

## Achievements

- Named among the Glossy 50 Fashion Front-Runners in 2019 for her community leadership at Outdoor Voices.
- Led Outdoor Voices community programming that included a 1,500-person outdoor dance event at Lincoln Center.
- Reported that Outdoor Voices stores connected to community events were seeing twice the sales of the prior year.
- Helped scale lululemon in the United States during a tenure spanning regional leadership, brand and community roles.
- Helped shape Galileo's brand positioning and identity around expertise, competence and a humanist tone.
- Appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Sage in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Publicly highlighted product-marketing hiring at Sage and emphasized the value of managers who develop people and make work meaningful.
- **2026-02** — Commented on Sage's inclusion in the 2026 New York Digital Health 100, crediting work built alongside frontline teams.
- **2025-07** — Became Chief Marketing Officer at Sage.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sagehealth.com/company/about
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-manning-5030b338

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Last updated: 2026-08-14