Peg Olsen, Chief Conservation Officer

Before coming to Audubon, Peg Olsen, Ph.D, worked for The Nature Conservancy for 14 years, four years as Deputy Director of the Asia Pacific Region and Director of the Australia Country Program and ten years as Director of the Eastern New York Chapter. She chaired the New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation, Region 4, Open Space Committee and has served on a variety of boards including the Lake George Land Conservancy, Rensselaer Taconic Land Trust, Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission, Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park, Saratoga PLAN and the Capital District Chapter of the League of Conservation Voters.  Peg is currently on the board of the Hudson River Foundation and resides in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Peg now oversees 23 State Programs and the national Conservation, Education, Policy and International Alliances programs.  Prior to taking on this position in July of 2009, Peg spent four years serving as a Vice President of Field Operations for Audubon covering ten states on the East coast.  She also served as interim director for Audubon’s International Alliances Program and Science Program.