Olson Advocacy
Government Relations
Strategic Communication
Planning and Facilitation
Advocacy Training
Fundraising and Foundations
experiencE on-behalf of
Nonprofits and Universities
Corporations and Trade Associations
Advertising Agencies and PR Firms
Healthcare Providers and Professionals
About
Ben has been a strategic consultant since 2009. He started his career working with two legendary contract lobbyists in St. Paul. Over the last 17 years, Ben has worked for a wide variety of clients, from the Fortune 500 to small nonprofits, from reinsurance to healthcare product manufactures, and on-behalf of everyday people including doctors, educators, filmmakers, first-time home buyers, AmeriCorps volunteers, physicians assistants, and same-sex couples, just to name a few.
Naturally curious, Ben followed his interests to projects with information design, marketing, brand strategy and social innovation components. For the past 7 years, he’s been focused on sustainability. First, in advancement communications at USC, driving philanthropic dollars towards sustainability solutions and their adoption and now on-behalf of the people of Minnesota at MCEA, a public interest law firm in St. Paul.
He splits time between Los Angeles and Minneapolis.