Citizen participation at core of candidate's first campaign

Jeanne Olson arrived in Alaska in 1977 with the Air Force, where she worked as an aircraft maintenance specialist at Elmendorf Air Force Base. She went on to earn a biology degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage and a veterinary doctorate from Colorado State. For nearly four decades, she has provided holistic care through Raven Veterinary Service, while co-founding the International Veterinary Sled Dog Association and Alaska Rural Veterinary Outreach. Her community service includes two decades of low-cost spay/neuter work, frequent rural and international veterinary missions, and regular testimony before borough assemblies and commissions.

“I have always believed in the importance of citizen participation, vigilance and holding elected and public officials accountable and responsi