Thurston PUD selects Dept. of Ecology worker to fill commission vacancy

Rolf Boone/The Business Blog • Published February 13, 2013 Modified February 13, 2013

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The Thurston Public Utility District commission has selected state Department of Ecology employee Russell Olsen to fill the District 2 commission seat.

The existing PUD commissioners -- Chris Stearns and Linda Oosterman -- made their choice Tuesday night. Olsen was among five people who applied to fill the seat left vacant by Alan Corwin. Corwin resigned before the end of 2012.

Olsen is a voluntary cleanup program unit supervisor for Ecology. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and criminal justice from Saint Martin's University in 1997, and a master's degree in public administration from Seattle University in 2005.

Olsen is set to be sworn in as the new commissioner on Feb. 26.

For more on this story, see Thursday's Olympian.

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