The
United States Attorney’s Office, Independent Prosecutorial Discretion
and the Need to Eliminate Political Influence
United
States Attorney for the District of Idaho
Wendy J. Olson
was sworn in on June 25, 2010, as United States Attorney for the
District of Idaho. She joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office in March
of 1997, and was serving as its Senior Litigation Counsel at time
of her appointment as U.S. Attorney. As an Assistant United States
Attorney for 13 years, she prosecuted white collar crime, crimes
involving the sexual exploitation of children and criminal civil
rights violations. Prior to joining the United States Attorney’s
Office, Ms. Olson was a trial attorney in the Criminal Section,
Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice in Washington
D.C. for four and a half years. She also served as assistant to
the legal director of the National Church Arson Task Force. Prior
to joining the Department of Justice, Ms. Olson served as a law
clerk for United States Chief District Court Judge Barbara Rothstein
in Seattle from 1990-1992. Ms. Olson is a recipient of the Idaho
State Bar's Professionalism Award in 2011. Ms. Olson was born
and raised in Pocatello, Idaho, and graduated from Pocatello High
School in 1982. Ms. Olson graduated from Drake University in Des
Moines, Iowa, with a B.A. in news/editorial journalism in 1986
and from Stanford Law School in Stanford, California, with a J.D.
in 1990. Ms. Olson is married to Craig Kreiser; they have two
daughters, Abby, 12, and Olivia, 10, and two black labs, Gus and
Lola.
Friday,
February 24
12:00-12:30pm Lunch is served
12:30-1:00pm Presentation
1:00-1:30pm Question and answer
Idaho State
University – Idaho Falls
Samuel Horne Bennion
Student Union Building
Multipurpose Room
University Place
1784 Science Center Drive, Idaho Falls
Lunch
is $14 for members and $16 for non-members. Gallery seating is
$5. Reservations or advanced payment are required for lunch service.To
pay by credit card, visit the forums
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RSVP by Noon on Tuesday, Feb 21.
Next
up:
Moving
at the Speed of Business
Jeffery Sayer, Director of the Idaho Department of Commerce
Friday,
March 30, 2012
Jeffery Sayer
was appointed by Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter as Director of the
Idaho Department of Commerce and began work on October 3, 2011.
Mr. Sayer is the former President and Managing Partner of Novayx
Group, a firm specializing in providing financial and business
sophistication for small to medium sized businesses. In Idaho,
he is best known for his role as the President and Chief Financial
Officer of Mountain View Hospital in Idaho Falls. He began his
career with Ernst & Young in Silicon Valley where he specialized
in advising venture-capital funded technology companies through
all stages of growth. Since then he has provided financial and
executive leadership for companies ranging from start-up ventures
to companies with over $500 million in sales. His experience includes
corporate turnarounds, public offerings, equity financings, mergers
and acquisitions, and extensive involvement in corporate strategy
and leadership. Active in civic affairs, Mr. Sayer serves on the
board of directors for Idaho Governors Cup, Idaho Falls Auditorium
District, Hospice of Eastern Idaho, and was a former member of
the Governors Select Committee on Health Care. Mr. Sayer is a
CPA and graduated from Brigham Young University.
Lunch is
$14 for members and $16 for non-members. Gallery seating is $5.
Reservations or advanced payment are required for lunch service.To
pay by credit card, visit the forums
page.
Please
RSVP by Noon on Tuesday, March 27.
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Humanities Council
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Idaho State University
– Idaho Falls
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