Virtual Women's Roundtable

Brooke Carlson
Business Owner and New Rochester City Council President

Born and raised in Rochester, Brooke founded North Sky Health Consulting in 2013 in order to provide comprehensive services in planning, assessment, evaluation, and systems change. Brooke’s niche is in bringing health care, government, and community-based organizations together to build collaborative efforts to improve communities such as through her work with the SE MN Regional Mental Health Crisis Center and the Rochester Nonprofit Consortium.

In her early work at the Improve Group, Brooke learned the fundamentals of planning and evaluation on projects related to health and human services; transportation; poverty; school health and safety; school arts programs; and tobacco, drug, alcohol, and violence prevention. She brought this knowledge to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) where she contributed to the passage of Minnesota’s Health Reform Legislation. As Policy Manager for the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP), she was responsible for collaborating with stakeholders to plan, develop, and implement strategies to improve Minnesota communities. Brooke went on to serve as Planning and Development Manager for a former affiliate company of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota before launching North Sky.

Brooke received her Bachelor of Environmental Design (BEnvd) in Planning from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a Master of Arts (MA) in Health Geography and a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Policy and Administration, both at the University of Minnesota. She lives in Rochester with her husband, two sons, and their two dogs.