Board of Commissioners

Front Row LtoR: Paul Wilson, Jim Bier, Matt Flynn.
Back Row LtoR: Sheila Kiscaden, Ken Brown, Stephanie Podulke, and Lou Ohly.

Stephanie Podulke (First District)

One 11th Avenue NW
Rochester, MN 55901-6255
(h) 507 282-2752
Term of Office Expires: 2016
Served on County Board since 2011
email: podulke.stephanie@co.olmsted.mn.us 

Board/Committee Appointments:

• Public Works/Environmental Resources Committee
• Association of Minnesota Counties Human Services Policy Committee
• Community Social Services Advisory Board
• Criminal Justice Strategic Planning Committee 
• Housing & Redevelopment Authority
• Human Rights Commission 
• Youth Commission 

Ken Brown (Second District)

2331 Halling Court NW
Rochester, MN 55901
(h) 507 288-7134
Term of Office Expires: 2014
Served on County Board since 2002
email: brown.ken@co.olmsted.mn.us

Board/Committee Appointments:

• Administrative Committee
• Association of Minnesota Counties/Minnesota Inter-County Association Transportation Work Group
• Association of Minnesota Counties General Government Policy Committee
• Dodge-Fillmore-Olmsted Joint Powers Board
• Disaster Preparedness Commission
• Emergency Medical Services Joint Powers Board
• Human Rights Commission
• Job Training Partnership
• Lake Zumbro Joint Powers Board
• Minnesota Inter-County Association Board
• Planning Administrative Services Committee
• Public Health Disaster Response Advisory Group
• Public Health Services Advisory Board 
• Rochester Area Economic Development Inc (RAEDI)
• Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce Government Forum
• Rochester Olmsted Council Of Government (ROCOG)
• Southeast Minnesota Recyclers Exchange Board 
• Technology Committee 

Paul Wilson (Third District)

1204 5th Street SE
Rochester, MN 55904-7218
Phone: (h) 507 288-5204
Term of Office Expires: 2016
Served on County Board since 1994
email: wilson.paul@co.olmsted.mn.us

Board/Committee Appointments:

• Public Works/Environmental Resources Committee
• Association of Minnesota Counties Big 3 Leadership
• Association of Minnesota Counties Legislative Policy
• Association of Minnesota Counties Transportation Committee
• Association of Minnesota Board of Directors
• Community Action Program
• Environmental Commission
• First Homes Board
• Friends of Graham Park
• Minnesota Inter-County Association Board  
• MN Kinship Caregivers Association
• National Association of Counties Board of Directors
• National Association of Counties Human Services Committee Chair
• Planning Administrative Services Committee
• Vital Aging Commission 
• Zumbro Valley Mental Health Board

Matt Flynn (Fourth District)

2013 County Board Vice Chair

6311 105th Street SE
Stewartville, MN 55976
Phone: (h) 507 533-8758
Term of Office Expires: 2014
Served on County Board since 1997
email: flynn.matt@co.olmsted.mn.us

Board/Committee Appointments:

• Administrative Committee
• Community Corrections Advisory Board
• Community Social Services Advisory Board
• Dodge-Fillmore-Olmsted Joint Powers Board
• Environmental Commission
• Hiawatha Valley Resource Conservation & Development Council 
• Noxious Weed Control Appeals Board
• Rochester Olmsted Council of Government (ROCOG)
• SE Minnesota Water Resources Board
• Solid Waste Project Board
• South Zumbro Watershed Joint Powers Board
• Whitewater River Watershed Joint Powers Board 

Jim Bier (Fifth District)

2013 County Board Chair

5945 60th Avenue NW
Oronoco, MN 55960
Phone: (h) 507-282-9162
Term of Office Expires: 2016
Served on County Board since 2002
email: bier.jim@co.olmsted.mn.us

Board/Committee Appointments:

• Administrative Committee
• Association of Minnesota Counties Transportation Policy Committee
• Disaster Preparedness Commission
• Dodge-Fillmore-Olmsted Joint Powers Board
• Dodge/Olmsted Interagency Early Intervention Committee
• Federal Medical Center Community Relations Board
• Highway 14 Partnership
• Highway 52 Policy Committee
• Minnesota Transportation Alliance
• Noxious Weed Control Appeals Board
• Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce Government Forum
• Rochester Area Economic Development Inc (RAEDI)
• SE Minnesota Recyclers Exchange Board
• Solid Waste Project Board

Sheila Kiscaden (Sixth District)

724 11 Street SW
Rochester, MN 55902
Phone: 507 287-6845
Term of Office Expires: 2014
Served on County Board since 2013
email: kiscaden.sheila@co.olmsted.mn.us

Board/Committee Appointments:

• Human Services/Public Safety
  Committee
• Association of Minnesota Counties Public Safety Committee
• City/County Diversity Committee 
• Downtown Alliance 
• Extension Committee 
• Friends of Graham Park 
• Historical Society 
• Jail Program Committee 
• Law Library Committee 
• National Association of Counties Transportation Steering Committee
• Olmsted County Park Commission
• Public Health Services Advisory Board 
• State Community Health Services Advisory Committee 
• Solid Waste Project Board, Dodge-Olmsted Joint Powers 
• South Zumbro Watershed Joint Powers Board  

Lou Ohly (Seventh District)

5823 River Ridge Court NE
Rochester, MN 55906
Phone: (c) 507 259-8217
Term of Office Expires: 2016
Served on County Board since 2013
email: ohly.lou@co.olmsted.mn.us

Board/Committee Appointments:

• Human Services/Public Safety Committee
• Association of Minnesota Counties Environmental & Agricultural Policy Committee
• Community Action Program (Alternate)
• Community Corrections Advisory Board (Alternate)
• Disaster Preparedness Commission 
• Greater Rochester Advocates for Universities & Colleges (GRAUC)
• Hiawatha Valley Resource Conservation & Development Council 
• Lake Zumbro Joint Powers Board
• Planning Advisory Commission 
• Rochester Public Library Board
• Rochester Olmsted Council of Government (ROCOG) 
• SE Minnesota Water Resources Board (Alternate)
• South Zumbro Watershed Joint Powers Board
• Whitewater River Watershed Joint Powers Board (Alternate)
• Zumbro Watershed Partnership