Fred Campbell has a B.A. in Geology from Macalester College (1974) and an M.S. in Geology from the University of Minnesota-Duluth (1982). He has worked as a hydrologist in the Superfund and Site Assessment programs at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency since 1988. Prior to that, Campbell worked as a field geologist in mineral exploration; as a student worker at the Minnesota Department. of Transportation's Environmental Services Division; and as an assistant field geologist at the Minnesota Geological Survey.