Carlson Weinberg and Associates, LLC was founded by Susan Carlson Weinberg in 2017 to assist clients in solving problems encountered in the broad field of real estate.

Sue was named a Top Women in Finance in 2018 by Finance and Commerce, and the 2017 Corporate Real Estate Executive of the Year by CoreNet Global’s Midwest Chapter.

 In December 2017, she retired as Director of Real Estate for the University of Minnesota after 38+ years of service.  She then served as adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus from 2019-2023, teaching Urban Real Estate Development.

Sue was a charter member of the Association of University Real Estate Officials (AUREO) founded in 1983, serving as its President in 1986-87 and 2002-2003. She was the recipient of AUREO’s Lessenger Award in 2005, and its Weinberg Award in 2009. 

Her real estate association memberships also included CoreNet Global, serving on its Midwest Chapter board of directors from 2007 to 2014, and as its president in 2012-2013; the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE Consulting Corps projects at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi and at the University of Texas-San Antonio); and WIRE, NACORE, IDRC, MnCREW and ULI.

Sue’s volunteer activities include Hennepin County Capital Budgeting Task Force (membership since 2001, serving as its chair since 2016); the Ebenezer Society (Finance Committee beginning in 2018, board member since 2019, vice chair since 2022); the Minnesota Autism Center (Finance Committee and board member since 2019); and the Robbinsdale Planning Commission since January 2023.

Sue has a BA degree in mathematics from the University of South Dakota and an MBA degree from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. At the University of South Dakota, her honor’s included Who’s Who In American Colleges and Universities.