Mark Carlson

Mark Carlson has served as a career diplomat with the U.S. Department of State, with tours in East Asia, SE Asia, and Washington DC, focusing on human rights, national security, economics, and consular affairs. Previously he was a partner with the Seattle-based law firm of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky, specializing in commercial transactions and international law. He has lectured on business and international law at several universities in mainland China and Taiwan.

Mark also served for eight years as Minister of Global and Local Outreach with Westminster Chapel in Bellevue, Washington, overseeing partnerships with organizations and ministries committed to serving the poor across the world. He is a graduate of Bethel University, the University of Virginia Law School, and has studied theology at Fuller Seminary and Regent College (Vancouver BC).

Mark and his wife Melinda have three adult children, and live in Vienna, Virginia.