Carol Schumacher and her husband, Scott, live in The San Francisco Bay Area where they enjoy gardening and making art glass in their home studio. An alumna of  UC Berkeley with a degree in Entomology, Carol is a Registered Veterinary Technician(RVT) and a principal and president of a veterinary hospital. In addition to being a founding member of BNAC’s Advisory Council, Carol serves on the Executive Committee of the International Society of Neurovascular Diseases, and as a director at the Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Diseases.  Until 2011,  she was chair of the RVT Committee of the California Veterinary Medical Board. Carol and Scott have three children and two grand children.