Carole Crist

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. Mr. Oumano was the former president of the Franco-American Novelty Company, a family-owned Halloween and costume business. The company was founded in 1910 and was based in Glendale, Queens. Crist graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a degree in accounting. Crist has two daughters from her first marriage to Todd Rome. She married then-Florida governor Charlie Crist on December 12, 2008, at the First Methodist Church of St. Petersburg.