Jeffrey L. Carson serves as an Assistant Professor at West Point Military Academy and has worked for the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Defense.
In 2006, 1st Lieutenant Carson served in Mosul, Iraq during the surge led by General Petraeus. In 2008, Captain Carson was embedded with the Afghan National Army (ANA) at an outpost in Baghlan Providence and trained the ANA’s intelligence and reconnaissance platoon.
Dr. Carson joined the U.S. Department of State in 2010 as a researcher and served at embassies in Baghdad, Iraq and Kabul, Afghanistan. In both posts, Dr. Carson worked in the Consular Affairs section and assisted in the adjudication of Special Immigrant Visa’s.
Dr. Carson graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science and a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University. He currently serves as the Director of Human Resource Operations at Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Former Vice Chancellor for Human Resources at UMass Chan Medical School. Current, Deputy Director of Human Resources at West Point Military Academy (2017-Present), U.S. Department of State (2010-2018). Board Member for the nonprofit Mi-Amore.org (2016-Present)
Dr. Carson is married and the proud father of Stella and Roman. In 2016, the Carson family founded Mi-Amore (www.mi-amore.org). The project is a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to recovering food, destined for disposal but completely edible, and reallocating to those in need.