Olson Named To National Board

A Madison man was recently appointed to serve on a national board. Russell Olson has been appointed to serve on the American Public Power Association board of directors representing community-owned utilities nationwide.
The American Public Power Association is the voice of not-for-profit, public power utilities that power two-thousand towns and cities across the United States.

Olson is the CEO of Heartland Consumers Power District, a non-profit, public power provider in Madison. Heartland provides wholesale power and energy to communities and state agencies throughout the Midwest.
Olson was nominated to the board by Tom Heller, president and CEO of Missouri River Energy Services in Sioux Falls.

His nomination was also supported by state public power associations within the region.
The A-P-P-A board consists of 30 elected members from 10 regions. Olson will represent Region 3, which consists of the states of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.