Carla Sands Keynote Speaker

Carla Sands is Vice Chair of the Center for Energy and Environment at America First Policy Institute.

Sands was appointed to President Trump’s Economic Advisory Council and U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, which includes Greenland and the Faroe Islands, from 2017-2021. During her tenure, she and her team increased U.S. exports to Denmark by 45% from $2.17 billion to $3.94 billion according to MIT’s Observatory of Economic Complexity. Sands’s top priority as ambassador was to increase U.S. national security by establishing a consulate in Greenland. By working with the inter-agency and Congress, her goal was realized in 2020. Additionally, she successfully executed trade and cooperation agreements with Greenland and the Faroe Islands to counter Russian and Chinese malign influence. In 2021 she was awarded the Department of Defense’s highest civilian honor, the Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

Prior to her appointment as U.S. Ambassador, Carla served as Chairman of Vintage Capital Group and its subsidiary, Vintage Real Estate, where she led the strategic acquisition and development of regional malls and retail centers nationwide.

Sands is Chairman of The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Advisory Council and serves on the board of the Parliamentary Intelligence Security Forum and the Advisory Boards of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy and the Independent Women’s Forum.