Reggi Carlson has more than 30 years of marketing and fundraising and experience with several Nebraska nonprofits, including the Heartland Center for Leadership Development, the Lincoln Arts Council, Lincoln Orchestra Association and the Girl Scouts. She spent several years with Nebraska Public Television, where she won a national award for community outreach programming. She is an experienced public facilitator, and has completed certificate programs through the International Association of Public Participation. She spends most of her free time gardening and watching her husband cook.