Carolyn Tastad is group president for North America and executive sponsor of gender equality at P&G. She is responsible for P&G's business in North America, the company's largest and most profitable region. Tastad manages P&G's relationship with many of its largest retail customers and works closely with the leaders of each of the company's business units. She joined P&G in 1983 as a systems analyst in Canada and has experience across P&G's broad portfolio of brands. She is executive sponsor of P&G's Gender Equality citizenship effort and leads P&G's Corporate Women's Leadership Team. Tastad serves on the board of directors for the Kellogg Company and was named to Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in 2015 through 2018.