Jessica Olson JD'07
Vice President of Policy, CALSTART
Jessica Olson is vice president of policy at CALSTART, where she leads advocacy efforts to shape U.S. state and federal clean transportation policy in addition to global efforts supporting the transition to zero-emission transportation. She serves as an officer of CALSTART’s executive team and oversees CALSTART’s Policy Action Groups and Electric Vehicle Battery Leadership Initiative.
Olson most recently served as director of environmental policy for Honeywell International Inc. In that role, she led successful efforts to drive new mandates and incentives to grow the market for innovative clean technologies across the U.S. and globally. Prior to joining Honeywell, Olson was a partner at the Ayres Law Group in Washington, D.C., where her practice included appellate litigation, congressional advocacy, and regulatory advising in the climate and clean air policy space.
Olson holds a Bachelor of the Arts in Science, Technology and Society, with a focus in Environmental Studies from Vassar College and a Juris Doctor from Vermont Law School, where she currently serves on the Board of Trustees. 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.