Carol Giambalvo is a retired exit counselor who worked with Cult Awareness Network's New York office and chaired on the Cult Awareness Network's national board of directors from 1988–91, and also sits on the International Cultic Studies Association's board of directors heads its Recovery Programs, and is responsible for its outreach program. She co-founded , an anti-cult organization for ex-cult members in the United States. She got into the profession when her stepdaughter became involved with ISKCON in 1978, The International Society for Krishna Consciousness.