Cathy Olson

Cathy Olson earned her B.S. in natural resource management in 1994 from University of Maryland and her M.S. in wildlife ecology and conservation in 1998 from the University of Florida.  She is certified by The Wildlife Society as a wildlife biologist and has worked for years to acquire land and implement land management plans to maintain wildlife populations and ecosystem processes in southwest Florida and Maryland.  She has authored, implemented, and critiqued land management plans for public and private entities, and has authored land development codes in Charlotte County.  She recently served as the president of the Peace River Audubon Society and serves on the Board of Directors of the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center.