BISMARCK – Micaela Rud, of Garrison, is the new executive assistant for the North Dakota Petroleum Council in Bismarck.

As executive assistant, Rud will serve as the first point of contact for NDPC members and the public. She will also work with the ONE BASIN-One Way safety program to lend additional customer service to new and existing members. She graduated from North Dakota State University with a degree in psychology and a minor in neuroscience.

Rud brings an added level of dedication to the position with both work and family history in the oil and gas industry.