Carlton currently serves on the Associates Board for the Utah Museum of Natural History and as an ex officio member of the Salt Lake City Airport Board.  In April 1999, Governor Michael O. Leavitt appointed Christensen to the Utah Quality Growth Commission as a commissioner representing elected officials from municipalities and serviced eight years as one of the inaugural members of that commission. In April of 2003, Carlton was also appointed by Governor Leavitt to represent municipal officials on the Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board for the State of Utah and is serving in his second term as chair of that board. 

Carlton, who grew up in Rose Park, is a lifelong resident of Salt Lake City. After graduating from West High School, Carlton continued his education at Brigham Young University and is a graduate of the University of Utah. Carlton is a Community Development Representative for Zions Bank in Salt Lake City and previously worked as an Assistant Controller as well as an Operations Manager for a property management and development company. His career has also encompassed farm management as well as previous employment with Zions Bank as a teller.

From childhood, Carlton has been actively involved in various civic and political activities. Prior to his service on the Council, his community activities included serving as a member of the Salt Lake City Planning Commission; Vice Chair of the Rose Park Community Council; member of the funding review panel for Homeless Agencies for United Way; member of the Audit Review Committee for United Way; House Captain for Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April of Salt Lake; and member of the fund raising committee for the Day-Riverside Library.

Carlton and his wife, Cathleen, are the parents of two daughters, Jessica and Sarah.

District One includes the Rose Park, Morton Meadows, North Redwood, Jordan Meadows, Westpointe, State Fairpark, and Onequa neighborhoods, the Salt Lake City International Airport, the Salt Lake International Center business park, and the undeveloped area of the City known as the Northwest Quadrant.

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