Person Named to North Dakota Ethics Commission

Sen. Kathy Hogan,left, Gov. Kelly Armstrong, center, and Sen. David Hogue, right. (Photo by Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)

(North Dakota Monitor) – State officials have tapped former Office of Management and Budget Director Pam Sharp to fill one of the three open seats on the North Dakota Ethics Commission, but remain divided on the reappointment of one commissioner.

“I think Pam Sharp has more knowledge about what goes on in this place than just about anybody else,” Gov. Kelly Armstrong said in a Friday morning meeting with Senate Majority Leader David Hogue, R-Minot, and Senate Minority Leader Kathy Hogan, D-Fargo.

Sharp will succeed Ward Koeser, one of the original five members of the commission, and will serve a four-year term.

She led the Office of Management and Budget from 2003 to 2018 and is currently retired.