Before becoming an AIG, Carrie served in many other capacities including as the director of accountability at the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, acting deputy assistant secretary for accounting policy at the Department of the Treasury, chief of the Accounting Standards and Grants Branch at the Office of Management and Budget within the Executive Office of the President, deputy CFO of FMCSA, and as a manager at Grant Thornton, LLP. Over the years, her duties have included overseeing government-wide accounting and grant policies, collaborating on the Financial Report of the United States Government, providing support for investigations, directing management services and acquisitions, and implementing financial and cost accounting systems.