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Dr. Emmett D. Carson, president and CEO of The Minneapolis Foundation and interim CEO of the newly formed Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, will present a public lecture at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs entitled, "Foundation Ethics and Accountability: Ensuring the Public Trust," at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, 2005, in Bowl 016, Robertson Hall on the Princeton University campus.

In addition to serving as The Minneapolis Foundation's CEO, Carson is also chair of the Foundation's board of directors. Since his arrival in 1994, the Foundation has received national recognition for its grantmaking and communication efforts, increasing its assets from $186 million to well over a half billion dollars. Carsonwas most recently named by Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanca as the interim CEO of the newly formed Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, established to accept donations to meet the needs of the thousands of Louisiana citizens whose lives were devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Previously, Dr. Carson was the first manager of the Ford Foundation's worldwide grantmaking program on philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. He also has worked for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and the Congressional Research Service.

Dr. Carson serves on several nonprofit boards including the Council on Foundations (board chair), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Southern Education Foundation, and the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Policy, among others. He is a former board member of the Minnesota Council on Foundations. Dr. Carson is the recipient of several nonprofit leadership awards and has been recognized several times by The Nonprofit Times as one of the 50 most influential nonprofit leaders in the United States.

Dr. Carson received his Ph.D. and M.P.A. degrees in public and international affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and his Bachelor's degree in economics from Morehouse College.