Krystyna Belendiuk was born in Winnipeg, Canada. After graduating from McGill University, she attended the University of Chicago, where she earned a PhD in biopsychology, an MBA, and served for five years on the faculty in psychiatry. She served in senior management positions in the pharmaceutical industry, co-founding a successful company, Pharmavene, in Maryland with her late husband, George Belendiuk. She is now semi-retired, consulting and spending summers on her boats in Annapolis with her husband, Patrick McGann and their beloved pets. Carter has used her training as a lawyer to pursue a...