Carolyn Burger began her career at The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania in 1962, as a management trainee after having graduated from Wilson College.  She holds Masters Degrees in Business from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Illinois.  During her telecommunications career she served in a variety of managerial positions with increasing responsibility in the operations, personnel, regulatory and financial departments.  She was elected Vice President Secretary and Treasurer of Bell Atlantic Corporation in 1988 and President and C.E.O. of Bell Atlantic - Delaware, Inc. in 1991.  She is one of the few women in the United States to ever head an operating telephone company.

After more than 34 years in the telecommunications/information management business, Ms. Burger managed her consulting firm from1996 through 2002, specializing in regulation and legislation, information technology deployment for senior executive teams, and assisting high potential women achieve success in senior level positions in major corporations.

Ms. Burger served as director of Wilmington Trust Corporation (Audit Committee; Compensation Committee and Chair of Nominating and Governance Committee and Audit Committee).  She also served as President and Director of The Delaware Art Museum; Trustee of the Christiana Care Health System and Board Finance Committee; and The Curtis Institute of Music (Audit Committee- Chair and Executive Committee).  Her other directorships included: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (Audit, Reliability and Chair of Human Resources Committees); GDE Systems, Inc.; BetzDearborn; Rodel, Inc.; Bell Atlantic – Delaware, Inc.; The Delaware Business Roundtable, Chairman; The Philadelphia Orchestra Association Executive Committee, Director Emeritus; The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies; The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee; the Delaware Community Foundation; the Delaware Economic Financial Advisory Committee (“DEFAC”); WHYY Public Broadcasting; and the Brandywine Conservancy – Finance and Investment Committees. Ms. Burger was also an initiator and original founder of the Fund For Women (“FFW”) endowment and the Swingin’ With A Star golf tournament (net proceeds exceeding $1.2 million in twenty years).

Ms. Burger was the 1998 laureate of the Delaware Business Leaders Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame in 2007.