David J. Olson has 20+ years of nonprofit management and communications experience on five continents, most recently as director of Policy Communications at the Global Health Council, where he led efforts to communicate global health policy. After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching agriculture in Togo, he founded a grass-roots network in Mali and managed health social marketing programs in Paraguay, Bangladesh and Zambia for PSI. The five programs he started or helped start accounted for 10.5% of PSI's health impact worldwide in 2010. At PSI in Washington, David managed external relations, pioneered advocacy with the U.S. government, developed the external relations capacity of African, Asian and Russian affiliates and managed relations with major U.S. and European media. He has spoken widely on social marketing, global health and media relations at numerous prominent universities. He is proficient in French and Spanish, with a working knowledge of Portuguese. His personal website is www.OlsonGlobalCom.com
