Ash Carter Wife: Who is Stephanie Carter?

Stephanie Carter is a businesswoman and was the wife of Ash Carter a public policy professor in the United States who served as the 25th Secretary of Defense from February 2015 to January 2017.

Stephanie Carter attended William Smith College. William Smith College is a private, all-female liberal arts college in Geneva, New York.

Stephanie Carter is a general partner at ABS Capital, a private equity firm based in Baltimore.

Carter is responsible for ABS Capital’s marketing, fundraising, and investor relations. She joined the firm in 1994, but she has also worked for Deutsche Bank.

Ashton Carter led the Defense Department from February 2015 to January 2017. Carter made all military occupations and positions available to women without exception in 2016.

During his tenure at the department, he was notable for lifting the ban on transgender military officers, which had been in place for only a year before being reinstated by the Trump administration.

Ashton Carter died on Monday, October 24, 2022, night in Boston of a “sudden cardiac event,” according to his family. He is survived by his wife, Stephanie, and his children, Ava and Will.