Dr. Carter, an expert in developing drugs and devices for use in austere environments, joined Ophirex after retiring from the U.S. military as a Lieutenant Colonel. In her career with the U.S. government, she was most recently Director of Medical Modernization for the Headquarters of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command and was lead representative to the U.S. FDA and the U.S. Special Operations Command Biomedical Research Group. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and her undergraduate degree at the United States Air Force Academy.