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Jessica Olson JD’07

Titles

  • Secretary, Vermont Law and Graduate School Board of Trustees
  • Head of Global Affairs, Americas, Topsoe

Degrees

  • BA, Vassar College
  • JD, Vermont Law School

Biography

Jessica Olson is Head of Global Affairs, Americas for Topsoe, a clean energy technology company focused on bettering the world through science with an ambitious mission to become a leader in carbon emission reduction technologies like clean hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel.

She has previously served as vice president, policy, and as an officer of the executive team, at a global nonprofit where she led advocacy efforts to shape federal and state policies supporting the clean transportation sector. Prior to that, Olson was director of environmental policy for a Fortune 100 multi-national conglomerate with an energy solutions business. Previously, Olson was a partner at law firm in Washington, D.C., where her practice included appellate litigation, congressional advocacy, and regulatory advising in the climate and clean tech policy space.

Olson holds a BA in Science, Technology and Society, with a focus in Environmental Studies from Vassar College and a JD from Vermont Law School. She is currently a member of the executive committee of the board of the Vermont Law and Graduate School. Olson has previously co-chaired the Air Quality Committee of the DC Bar Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Community and was a 2017 finalist for the MIT C3E Women in Clean Energy Award in the Law and Finance category. Olson is from Arlington, Virginia where she has served as an appointed member of the Fiscal Affairs Advisory Commission and lives with her husband and two children.

 

 

 

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