Meg Olson

As a Director at Praxis, Meg serves as chief digital strategist for campaigns and works with our non-profit clients for strategic planning, special projects, and everyday management and consulting.

Meg is a California native who came to Oregon for college and quickly fell into local politics. She has worked on campaigns for former State Senator Peter Courtney and the 2016 Democratic Coordinated Campaign where she staffed and organized for progressive candidates in Marion and Polk Counties. She has specialized experience in digital communications after serving in key roles at the National Foundation for Women Legislators and the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators. In those roles, she worked on various state policy issues with elected officials and school leaders, advising communications and digital strategy. She has consulted with the National Organization for Black County Officials and with various private media companies.

Meg has a Bachelor’s Degree from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon where she double-majored in Politics and Civic Communications & Media Studies and a Master’s Degree in Political Management from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She lives in Salem with her husband, children, her cat Ginger and her dog Lola. In her spare time, she is attempting to learn cake decorating.