Dr. Carter-Edwards is the creator of the NC TraCS fiscal readiness initiative, designed to improve knowledge and capacity of community partners and academic researchers in the pre- and post-award grants management process. She is the co-chair of the competencies workgroup for the Statewide Community Health Worker Initiative, where stakeholders across the state are collaboratively developing a strategic plan for the certification of community health workers in North Carolina. She is co-investigator and member of the UNC National Program Office for the Kresge Foundation Emerging Leaders in Public Health program designed to transform local public health departments. She is also a board member for the Mid-Atlantic Affiliate region of the American Heart Association.