Joel Paulsen

Joel Paulsen is Executive Director of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority, which is building a 30-mile flood diversion channel around the cities and surroundings of Fargo, ND and Moorhead MN. An engineer by background, Joel has combined his professional career as a civil engineer with deep commitment to public and charitable service. Joel has served on Moorhead’s city council and is the founder and president of the Red River Valley Professionals chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). As Professional Mentor of EWB’s chapter at North Dakota State University, he has overseen numerous clean water and structural project implementation trips in Central America.

Joel is a licensed engineer in both North Dakota and Minnesota. He is an Engineering Graduate of North Dakota State University, and recently completed a three-year Fellowship with the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He, his wife and their four children reside in Moorhead.