Work Experience and Leadership

Infectious Disease Clinical Research Operations, University of Minnesota School of Public Health/US National Institutes of Health

• Operations Director, US Operation WarpSpeed, COVID-19 Therapeutic Clinical Trials

• In-Country Director, Monrovia, Liberia, NIH Ebola Vaccine Trial

• Operations Director, INSIGHT International Infectious Disease Clinical Trials

Environmental Planning, Protection, and Consulting

• Executive Director, Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission

• Director, Minnesota High-Level Radioactive Waste Program/Governor’s Nuclear Waste Council

• Senior Project Manager, Minnesota Environmental Quality Board

• WAPORA Environmental Consulting, Chicago, IL

• North Dakota Governor’s Office, Natural Resources Council, Bismarck, ND

• Lewis and Clark Regional Development Council, Mandan, ND

Elected, Professional, and Service Leadership

City Councilmember, Arden Hills (1997-2006)

Member, Arden Hills Planning Commission (1994-1997)

Board of Directors and President, Lake Johanna Improvement Society

Board of Directors and Chair, Minnesota Charities Review Council

Public Member and Chair, Minnesota State Board of Assessors

Board of Directors, Chair, and Trustee, Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire Department

Board of Directors and Chair, Minnesota AIDS Project

Co-Chair, National Governors' Association Task Force on High-Level Radioactive Waste

Convenor, National Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum

Other Community Service

Volunteer, Ramsey County Medical Reserve Corps

Member, Support Services Operations Committee, Mounds View Public Schools

Volunteer Reading and Math Tutor, St. Paul Public Schools

Member, Ramsey County Tony Schmidt Park Planning Task Force

Member, Arden Hills Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant Reuse Task Force

Member-at-Large, Ramsey County Health and Human Services Advisory Committee

Volunteer, Midwest Art Conservation Center

Volunteer, St. Stephen's Shelter for the Homeless

Veteran, US Army

Personal

29-year Arden Hills resident

Robert Carlson, partner of 45 years, retired Physician Assistant, HealthPartners