Formerly, Mr. Olson was Vice President of Corporate Development at Trus Joist, a $1 billion Boise, Idaho-based specialty building products company. He was Secretary of the Board of Trus Joist MacMillan, a limited partnership with the Canadian forest products leader MacMillan Bloedel, Ltd. He was Chairman of the Board of Norco Windows, Inc and of Outlook Window Partnership, the sixth largest wood window manufacturer in the United States and the largest in Canada. Mr. Olson is an elected member of the Greater Boise Auditorium District Board of Directors.

He served for many years as Chairman of the Board of the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI), a $16 billion pension fund. His past board of directors experience has included public companies as the audit committee chair and/or designated financial expert. Additionally, Mr. Olson previously worked as a CPA with Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Professional Memberships:

Former Board of Advisors of Galen Associates, New York City, a venture capital fund.

Former Board of Advisors, Saugatuck Capital, Stamford, CT

St. Alphonsus Hospital Foundation, Chairman of the Finance and Investment Committee

University of Idaho Foundation, member of the Board and of investment committee

Medical Discoveries, Inc., member of the Board of Directors.

Former Board member, North Pacific Group, Inc., Portland, OR, Audit Committee

Former Board member, Extended Systems, Inc., Audit Committee Chair and Designated Financial expert