I began life as a small child.

Following high school, I attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and studied music performance and theory.

Bjorn Arneson

After moving to the Twin Cities, I worked in development and management roles for a couple metro-based arts organizations, including a stint as the General Manager of the National Lutheran Choir (a group in which I have sung baritone since 2001).

During my last months on the NLC staff, my (future) wife walked through the door to audition for the choir. Several months later, we danced the polka to Michael Jackson at a tiny Fort Wayne pub called "The Thirsty Camel." Needless to say, it is a match made in heaven. We got married in August 2010.

From 2007-2009, I was a full-time graduate student at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. I earned a Master of Public Policy degree with concentrations in public and nonprofit leadership and management and public finance.

From 2009-2011, I worked with the University of Minnesota Extension Center For Community Vitality and the Horizons Program on the Saint Paul campus, a very pleasant place to show up in the morning. (Pro tip: the veggie burrito at Mim's can't be beat.) Through the course of that work, I met many amazing leaders whose convictions and passion will help communities large and small reinvent themselves for the next generation.

As of January 2012, I'm on the job hunt. Have a peek at my resume--know anybody looking for a colleague like me?

Over the years, I have dropped breadcrumbs on other sites around the internet--known and unknown. To name a few....