Elaine Olson (D)
Elaine K. Olson (M.A., M.Div.) worked as a psychotherapist/pastoral counselor since 1989 and ordained as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America in 2008. Throughout her professional career as an entrepreneur (liturgical handweaver), director of urban program in Denver CO for Wartburg College, private practice as a psychotherapist and the vocational call of pastor, she has developed the skills to listen well, affirm process for problem solving, integrate various concerns and invite consensus.