Jill Olson

I am an experienced higher education professional, a fierce advocate for voting rights and civic engagement, and a lover of interfaith cooperation. The Mauthe Center gives me an opportunity to share these passions with our community and create positive change in the world, starting close to home. Before coming to the Mauthe Center, I worked on democratic engagement with a nonpartisan college voting organization, led a campus voting coalition, planned and executed co-curricular programming on the topics of peace, justice and public understanding, and mentored a countless number of students. I am looking forward to bringing this experience and my connections with our local community to my work at the Mauthe Center. I believe that if we work to find that common thread that binds us together, we can banish some of the darkness in our world