Beverly Gay McCarter is certified in the areas of Self Organizing Systems for Complex Environments, and is a certified Virtual Worlds Specialist (University of Washington).

While working at the National Defense University in Washington, DC, she helped coordinate and execute the efforts of the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds’ to bring the Federal Government into virtual worlds. Ms. McCarter is an architect of virtual world environments focusing on the psychology of the avatar and virtual worlds, as well as the complexity and impact of the aesthetics of 3D immersive environments on complex human systems. She is a Solution Provider for Linden Labs’ Second Life virtual world.

Ms. McCarter also facilitates group discussions untangling the “wicked problems” of social interactions that overwhelm today’s organizational structures. Examples include the Managing and Engineering Complex Situations Forum’s 2 day workshop involving diverse complexity experts hosted by the MITRE Corporation in McLean, VA, as well as with the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.

Many of the principles applied in those formats are discussed in McCarter and White’s “Leadership in a Decentralized World" (forthcoming by Taylor and Francis Publications, NY, NY), McCarter and White’s "Emergence of SoS, Socio-Cognitive Aspects" (Chapt 3, M. Jamshidi, "System of Systems Engineering- Principles and Applications", 2007 ). as well as B.G. McCarter, “2008 MECS Summit: A Workshop on Complex Situations”, (Chapt. 1 in “Managing and Engineering in Complex Situations”, edited by Kovacic and Sousa-Poza - forthcoming by Springer Publishers).

In addition, Ms. McCarter is an award winning artist focusing on human dynamics and the inherent effects of complexity and the edge of chaos on human consciousness. Her work emphasizes the ability to “see” multiple perspectives and complexity of who we are and our relationships with others.