New director aims to help North Dakota Ethics Commission make rules Thursday, January 23, 2020
Dickinson Press
The North Dakota Ethics Commission has a new executive director who says he will try to help navigate the board through the choppy waters ahead.
David Thiele took the reins as the commission's first director at the beginning of the year, but the board's meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 22, was his first in the position. The 60-year-old once worked as a judge advocate for the U.S. Army before returning to his home state and joining the North Dakota National Guard, where he served as a lawyer and top administrator.
The new director said he will use his background as an attorney and ethics counselor for the National Guard to help the commission create rules and procedures for handling complaints of ethical misconduct.