Before working at Northeastern Seminary, Carrie served as the Eastern Regional Director of Campus Ambassadors Christian Fellowship and as the Hostelton Chair of Ethics and Free Enterprise at Roberts Wesleyan College. She now is the Executive Director of the Community Institutes at Roberts Wesleyan College and is an adjunct professor at the Seminary. 

Carrie is the author of three books, Cheap Love, Marriage Adventures, and Secret Shame. She has been married to her best friend from college, Erv, since 1993. They have three children and live in a 200-year-old barn.