Liz Carter is a retired economics and social studies teacher of many years in the Anchorage School District and UAA. She received her bachelors from Westminster, Salt Lake City and her masters from the University of Deleware. She was active in the creation of the Model United Nations for Alaska, has been on several nonprofit boards, volunteers for several organizations in the city and has been active in local politics. She was honored as a Presidential Scholar Teacher, owned the Alaska Book Company at one time and still is an avid reader. Her ardent interest in international relations started at the dining table in her childhood home and continues until this day. She has been active in the World Affairs Council for many years.