[4] Upon graduating from Dartmouth College in 2010,[5] Irving worked as a strategy consultant for Deloitte in New York for two years before returning to school to receive her MBA.
[6] She was on the leadership team of Irving Oil, as the company's executive vice president and chief brand officer.
[9] She also served as the keynote speaker for a charity auction hosted by the Junior Achievement branch in Canada.
[14][15] The donation was considered controversial by alumni of the college given the conflict of interest between Irving Oil and the center's mission of tackling global energy issues.
[16] In addition, an opinion article in The Dartmouth directly criticized Irving for funding the institute.