Joan Carter

For Canadian politician, see Joan Phillip.

American businesswoman and philanthropist

Joan Carter

Born|

Joan Pauline Carter

(1943-07-02) July 2, 1943 (age 81)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Alma mater| College of Wooster
Occupation| President of UM Holdings Ltd
Board member of| FreedomWorks
Philly Pops
Union League of Philadelphia Legacy Foundation
Foundation for Individual Liberty
College of Wooster Emeritus
Spouse|

John Aglialoro

(m. 1979)​

Joan Carter (born July 2, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American businessperson and philanthropist. She is the President of UM Holdings Ltd.[1] which she co-founded with John Aglialoro. Since 1973, UM Holdings has owned and operated a variety of business, primarily in the health and fitness industries. UM Holdings was the owner of Cybex International and EHE International., both of which were sold in 2016.

## Education and achievements

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She is a graduate of The College of Wooster, and was awarded the College's 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award.[2] In 2010, Carter was elected President of The Union League of Philadelphia, the first woman[3][4][5][6] to hold that position in the League's 150 year history. She was also awarded the Temple University 2011 Musser Award,[7] the Adam Smith Award[8] in 2012 by Economics Pennsylvania, the IWF Women Who Make a Difference Award in 2018,[9] and 2018 Distinguished Citizen Award from the Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation.[10]

## Boards

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Carter serves as chairman of the board of the Legacy Foundation formerly the Abraham Lincoln Foundation[11] and FreedomWorks.[12] She currently serves on the board of Philly Pops, The Foundation for Individual Liberty [13] and as trustee emeritus for the College of Wooster.[14] Additionally Carter served on the board of Lourdes Health System.,[15] the Reason Foundation.[16] Carter served as director for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia from 1994 to 2001 and as its chair from 1998 to 2001. She was a director for Carr America (formerly NYSE: CRE) from 2003 to 2006 when Carr was sold to the Blackstone Group. She was vice chairman of the board of Cybex International from 1997 to 2016[17] when Cybex was sold to Brunswick Corporation in 2016. She was a director from 2001 to 2019 for Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company[18] and chair of that board's marketing committee.

## Personal life

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Carter is married to John Aglialoro, producer of the Atlas Shrugged movie trilogy, on which Carter served as associate producer.[19] She authored The History of the Atlas Shrugged Movie Trilogy [20] and co-authored Atlas Shrugged: The Novel, the Films, the Philosophy.[21] She has two children, and two step-children, and eight grandchildren.

## References

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1. ^ "Joan Carter Bio UM Holdings".
2. ^ Distinguished Alumni Award
3. ^ Union League Appointment
4. ^ Witness History | Philadelphia Inquirer
5. ^ Union League's Leading Lady | Philadelphia Style
6. ^ Women on the Move | Main Line Today
7. ^ Musser Award Video
8. ^ HBS Club of Philadelphia
9. ^ IWF Women Who Make a Difference 2018
10. ^ 2018 Distinguished Citizen Award - Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation
11. ^ Union League | Philadelphia Inquirer
12. ^ Joan Carter | FreedomWorks
13. ^ The Foundation for Individual Liberty
14. ^ The College of Wooster Trustees
15. ^ Lourdes Health System Trustees
16. ^ Reason Foundation
17. ^ Board List | Cybex International Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
18. ^ Penn Mutual Board | Business Week
19. ^ Joan Carter biography | Atlas Shrugged
20. ^ The History of the Atlas Shrugged Movie Trilogy - Amazon Library
21. ^ Atlas Shrugged: The Novel, the Films, the Philosophy - Amazon Library

## External links

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* Profile at UM Holdings
* Joan Carter at IMDb
* [1] at BizJournals

*[m.]: married