Christine Olson

About

I have enjoyed serving Dubuque in the non-profit and civic field since the time I relocated with my family from the Chicago area in 2002. Specialties: Historic Preservation, building systems; long range planning; youth development, recreation and training; hospitality services; Farmers' Market, local foods movement, services and programs; sustainable practices and resource management; history and interpretation.

Experience

• Assistant Planner at City of Dubuque, Iowa
  Nov 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos

• Executive Director at Four Mounds Foundation
  Jan 2003 - Nov 2018 · 15 yrs 11 mos

  Executive director for this foundation charged with stewarding the last remaining intact gentleman's farm in Iowa. Management includes: youth training and community development; recreational at-risk youth programs; Winter Farmers' Market and local food programs; park, trails & ropes course; inn, events and conference center; and land trust and stewardship role in 3 Mississippi River properties totaling 120 acres,

• Executive Director at Unity Temple Restoration Foundation
  May 2000 - Aug 2002 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  Executive director for this friends group of the National Historic Landmark that is Frank Lloyd Wright's world renown Unity Temple.

• Field Representative at National Trust for Historic Preservation
  Apr 1997 - May 2000 · 3 yrs 2 mos

  Field representative for the Midwest Office of the national leader in historic preservation.