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Photo-Bd of Commissioners
Front Row LtoR: Jim Bier, Paul Wilson, Dave Perkins.
Back Row LtoR: Matt Flynn, Stephanie Podulke, Judy Ohly, and Ken Brown.


Stephanie Podulke (First District)Picture-Stephanie Podulke

One 11th Avenue NW
Rochester, MN 55901-6255
(h) 507 282-2752
Term of Office Expires: 2012
Served on County Board since 2011
email: podulke.stephanie@co.olmsted.mn.us 

Board/Committee Appointments:

  • Association of Minnesota Counties Human Services Policy Committee
  • Human Services/Public Safety Committee
  • Community Corrections Advisory Board (Backup) 
  • Community Social Services Advisory Board
  • City/County Diversity Program Committee
  • Criminal Justice Strategic Planning Committee
  • Historical Society 
  • Jail Program Committee
  • Youth Commission 

Ken Brown (Second District)

Commissioner Ken Brown

2012 County Board Chair

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
  • Disaster Preparedness Commission
  • Emergency Medical Services Joint Powers Board
  • Human Rights Commission
  • Job Training Partnership
  • Lake Zumbro Joint Powers Board
  • MICA Board
  • Planning Administrative Services Committee
  • Public Health Advisory Board
  • Public Health Disaster Response Advisory Group
  • Rochester Area Economic Development Inc (RAEDI)
  • Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce Government Forum
  • Rochester Olmsted Council Of Government (ROCOG) 
  • Technology Committee 

Paul Wilson (Third District)

Commissioner Paul Wilson

1204 5th Street SE
Rochester, MN 55904-7218
Phone: (h) 507 288-5204
Term of Office Expires: 2012
Served on County Board since 1994
email: wilson.paul@co.olmsted.mn.us

Board/Committee Appointments:

  • Administrative 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
  • Disaster Preparedness Committee  
  • Human Rights Commission
  • MN Kinship Caregivers Association
  • National Association of Counties Board of Directors
  • National Association of Counties Human Services Committee Chair
  • Planning Administrative Services Committee
  • Zumbro Valley Mental Health Board

Matt Flynn (Fourth District)

Commissioner Matt Flynn

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:

  • Public Works/Environmental Resources Committee
  • Community Corrections Advisory Board
  • Dodge-Fillmore-Olmsted Joint Powers Board
  • Environmental Commission
  • Extension Committee
  • 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) Commissioner Jim Bier

2012 County Board Vice Chair

5945 60th Avenue NW
Oronoco, MN 55960
Phone: (h) 507-282-9162
Term of Office Expires: 2012
Served on County Board since 2002
email: bier.jim@co.olmsted.mn.us

Board/Committee Appointments:

  • Administrative Committee
  • Association of Minnesota Counties Public Safety Policy Committee
  • Disaster Preparedness Commission
  • Dodge-Fillmore-Olmsted Joint Powers Board
  • Dodge/Olmsted Interagency Early Intervention Committee
  • Friends of Graham Park (Backup)
  • Highway 14 Partnership
  • Highway 52 Policy Committee
  • Olmsted County Park Commission
  • Planning Advisory Commission
  • Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce Government Forum
  • Rochester Area Economic Development Inc (RAEDI)
  • Rochester Olmsted Council of Government (ROCOG)
  • SE Minnesota Recyclers Exchange Board
  • Solid Waste Project Board
  • South Zumbro Watershed Joint Powers Board

Dave Perkins (Sixth District)

Commissioner Dave Perkins

150 Salem Point Drive SW
Rochester, MN 55902
Phone: (h) 507 288-1771
Term of Office Expires: 2014
Served on County Board since 2003
email: perkins.dave@co.olmsted.mn.us

Board/Committee Appointments:

  • Public Works/Environmental Resources Committee
  • Association of Minnesota Counties Transportation Policy Committee
  • Public Health Advisory Board
  • Community Social Services Advisory Board
  • Dodge-Fillmore-Olmsted Joint Powers Board 
  • Downtown Development District Advisory Board
  • Greater Rochester Advocates for Universities & Colleges (GRAUC)
  • MICA Board
  • Minnesota Transportation Alliance
  • National Association of Counties Transportation Steering Committee
  • Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce Government Forum
  • Rochester Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • Solid Waste Project Board, Dodge-Olmsted Joint Powers 
  • State Community Health Services Advisory Committee
  • SE Minnesota Recyclers Exchange Board  

Judy Ohly (Seventh District)

Commissioner Judy Ohly

5823 River Ridge Court NE
Rochester, MN 55906
Phone: (c) 507 261-2223
Term of Office Expires: 2012
Served on County Board since 2005
email: ohly.judy@co.olmsted.mn.us

Board/Committee Appointments:

  • Human Services/Public Safety Committee
  • Association of Minnesota Counties Environmental & Agricultural Policy Committee
  • Downtown Alliance 
  • Environmental Commission
  • Federal Medical Center Community Relations Board
  • Friends of Graham Park
  • Housing & Redevelopment Authority Board
  • Lake Zumbro Joint Powers Board
  • Law Library Committee
  • Noxious Weed Control Appeals Board
  • Rochester Public Library Board
  • SE Minnesota Water Resources Board
  • South Zumbro Watershed Joint Powers Board
  • Whitewater River Watershed Joint Powers Board
  • Zumbro Watershed Partnership

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