Kiki Carter (born Kimberli Wilson; November 21, 1957 in Gainesville, Florida) is an environmental activist, organizer, musician, songwriter, and columnist.

[5] As a euphonium student at the University of Florida Carter won the Sigma Alpha Iota "Outstanding Freshman Musician Award" for the 1974-75 year.

[6] In 1979, University of Florida Music Department Chairman Budd Udell included a euphonium solo written for Carter in Forces One, the first movement of his Symphony for Band.

The Symphony was premiered at the Music Educators National Conference convention in Miami Beach on April 9, 1980 with Carter performing the solo.

Carter graduated from the University of Florida in March 1981 and briefly did post-baccalaureate work as a theater major, before leaving to audition for euphonium jobs in Washington D.C. military service bands.

[1] She started studying with Brian Bowman, euphonium soloist of the United States Air Force Band in Washington DC.

During her studies in DC, Carter worked as a governess for Washington Post publisher, Donald E. Graham and his wife, Mary.

Bumps arranged for Carter to sing with a group appearing in a 1983 Los Angeles television show with Billy Preston.

[13][14][15] At the end of 1986, Carter's mother, author Patti Greenwood learned of the US Department of Energy's plans to build a demonstration irradiation facility in Gainesville, Florida.

fruition project, where she organized plantings of fruit trees in Habitat for Humanity homesites,[32] and promoting the use of reusable bags in grocery stores.

In the fall of 2005 Carter and her husband helped organize the Great Gala for the Gulf, a benefit concert for survivors of Hurricane Katrina, held at the Moondance Jam site in Northern Minnesota.