CARLSBORG — Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners have narrowed the field of candidates for a vacant seat on the board to three.
Nathan Adkisson, John Purvis and Marc Sullivan were asked to return for a second round of panel-style interviews with Clallam PUD commissioners at 1 p.m. Monday.
The PUD expects to select one of these candidates to fill the vacant seat left by Rick Paschall, who announced his resignation from the commission in February. The deadline for filling the seat is May 20.
Interviews will be open to the public and will be conducted in the boardroom at the PUD’s main office at 104 Hooker Road in Carlsborg. Additionally, a Zoom link will be provided on the online commission meeting page at https://clallampud.net/commission-meetings.
Adkisson, 44, a longtime Clallam County resident, earned a degree in communications from Western Washington University in 2002 and has spent 20 years in the financial industry.
Eleven of those years have been in Clallam County, where he worked as a loan officer for various financial institutions.
Purvis, 60, is a 16-year Clallam County resident and currently works as the assistant general manager for the Clallam PUD. He said he has more than 40 years of experience in power utility systems.
Purvis has the support of a number of community leaders such as Colleen McAleer, executive director of the Clallam County Economic Development Council; Karen Affeld, executive director of the North Olympic Development Council; and Port Angeles City Council member Charlie McCaughan.
Purvis earned two degrees from Christian Brothers University: one in civil engineering and one in electrical engineering, and, in his own words, is a “firm believer in the value of public power.”
Sullivan, 71, has lived in Clallam County for almost a decade.
Sullivan said he was raised in “the church of public power” when describing his experience with public utility systems throughout the years.
Sullivan worked as a senior executive of Seattle City Light in the 1990s.
Commissioners have said they hope to select a candidate who would intend to run for the position after serving the remaining two years of Paschall’s term.
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