Ms. Felícita Solá-Carter
Felícita Solá-Carter joined the Howard Community College Board of Trustees in April 2016 and was reappointed in June 2020 to continue her service on the board through June 2026. Previously, Ms. Solá-Carter served as the board’s chairperson and chair of the board’s audit and finance committee from July 2019 through June 2021 and board vice chairperson and chair of the board’s legislative and community relations committee from July 2018 through June 2019.
Ms. Solá-Carter established Felícita Solá-Carter Consulting in 2009. She is a consultant, coach, and trainer on leadership, employee development, and diversity strategies. She is a Senior Advisor to Government Leaders with the Partnership for Public Service and other nonprofit organizations.
Previously, Ms. Solá-Carter enjoyed a stellar career with the Social Security Administration (SSA). From 1971 through 2009, she advanced from her first position as a Claims Representative in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City to attain the position of Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources. In this role, Ms. Solá-Carter provided leadership of human resources areas including training; personnel; civil rights and equal opportunity; labor, management, and employee relations; human capital planning; and executive services support.
In addition, Ms. Solá-Carter is an active community leader. Her service to the community includes president of Conexiones, Horizon Foundation trustee, a member of various Howard County councils and advisory councils and committees, graduate of Leadership Howard County Premier (2011), Howard County General Plan Task Force member, founding board member of the Bright Minds Foundation, and a member of the Howard County Library System’s Choose Civility Campaign.
A highly respected leader and executive in the State of Maryland, Ms. Solá-Carter has been honored with several recognitions. In 2014, she was inducted into the Howard County Women’s Hall of Fame and received the Leadership Howard County Unsung Hero Award. Other recognitions include recipient of the Governor’s Hispanic Non-Profit of the Year (2009), The Daily Record Maryland’s Top 100 Women (2008 and 2021), U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur Education Hispanic Hero Award (2008), SSA Human Resources Leadership Award (2006), and Presidential Rank Awards for Distinguished Executive (2004) and Meritorious Executive (2003).
Ms. Solá-Carter received a bachelor of arts degree from the College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, New York. She also attended the Federal Executive Institute’s Leadership for a Democratic Society program.
A native of Puerto Rico, Ms. Solá-Carter resides in Ellicott City, Maryland with her husband, Bruce W. Carter. Feli and Bruce have two sons, Robert and David.