Carole Crist
First Lady of Florida
In role
December 12, 2008 – January 4, 2011
GovernorCharlie Crist
Preceded byColumba Bush
Succeeded byAnn Scott
Personal details
Born
Carole Lynn Oumano

(1969-10-20) October 20, 1969 (age 54)
Roslyn, New York, U.S.
Spouses
  • Todd Rome
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    (m. 1993; div. 2006)​
  • ​
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    (m. 2008; div. 2017)​
Children2
ResidenceFisher Island, Florida
Alma materGeorgetown University (BS)

Carole Lynn Crist (née Oumano, formerly Rome) is an American businesswoman and former First Lady of Florida. Crist is the former wife of U.S. Representative and one-term Florida Governor Charlie Crist, having served as First Lady of Florida from December 12, 2008, to January 4, 2011.

Personal life

Crist was born and raised in Roslyn, New York, a New York City suburb on Long Island. She is the daughter of Margaret and Robert Oumano.[1] Mr. Oumano was the former president of the Franco-American Novelty Company, a family-owned Halloween and costume business.[2] The company was founded in 1910 and was based in Glendale, Queens.[3] Crist graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a degree in accounting.[4][5]

Crist has two daughters from her first marriage to Todd Rome.[6]

She married then-Florida governor Charlie Crist on December 12, 2008, at the First Methodist Church of St. Petersburg.[7]

After nine years of marriage, in February 2017, Mr. Crist filed for divorce, stating, "I think the world of Carole. She's an amazing person. It just didn't work out for us, I wish all the best for her."[8][9]

Crist currently resides in Fisher Island, Florida.

Career

After her father's death in 2000, Crist ran Franco-American Novelty for the next six years. She coined the slogan "Where Fashion Meets Halloween" and changed the focus of the company to more figure-flattering, high-fashion costumes. In 2006, she handed over control of Franco-American to her sister, Michele Oumano Powell, and in January, 2013 resigned from her management position. In 2012, Crist started a new Halloween Costume business in St. Petersburg, Florida called Goddessey, L.L.C., which she sold in early 2017.[10][11]

During her husband's 2016 campaign for Congress, Crist served as acting campaign director, and played a significant role in fundraising.

Crist is currently founder and CEO of CLC Global Advisors, a philanthropic and entrepreneurial venture focused on impact investing.[12]

References

  1. ^ "THE GOV'S FIANCEE". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Franco-American's Robert Oumano". Gifts and Decorative Accessories. 11 January 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Bloomberg – Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11. ((cite web)): Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. ^ Official page of the Carole Crist as the First Lady of the State of Florida Archived March 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Meet Carole Rome, the Governor's Fiancee". Archived from the original on 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  6. ^ https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20080713/news/605225857/SH Archived 2021-05-07 at the Wayback Machine Two very public figures figure out a private life
  7. ^ Scott, Anna (2008-12-10). "Rome-Crist wedding shows how etiquette has changed". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  8. ^ "Report: Charlie Crist and wife to get divorce". The News-Press. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  9. ^ USANews.net. "Carole Crist: I will always love Charlie" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  10. ^ "Home page". Archived from the original on 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  11. ^ "Goddessey, L.L.C". Florida Companies. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Artists, Celebrities, and Business Moguls Unite in Miami Beach during Art Basel Week for Common Cause: to help Rebuild Puerto Rico". Impact Wealth. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2019-12-13.

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Honorary titles Preceded byColumba Bush First Lady of Florida 2008–2011 Succeeded byAnn Scott


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