Dr. Annette Olson is an environmental scientist and the Founder and CEO of the nonprofit Climate Steps, which provides science-based, accessible information on impactful climate actions. Prior to this, she served as a scientist, outreach liaison, project director, and strategist for over 23 years in the environmental sciences for the U.S. Federal government, including the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Geological Survey, EPA, NIST, and NOAA, and for the nonprofit American Association for the Advancement of Science. However, in 2020 she quit to become a full-time climate activist to turn Climate Steps into a nonprofit. Due to Climate Steps, as lead of Green Neighbors DC, she also jump-started Washington DC’s Tool Library.

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