Andrew Olson earned his BA in public history at the University of Northern Iowa and his MA in cultural resource management from Colorado State University. He joined the staff of the Tallgrass Prairie Center in fall 2020 as a communications associate through the Green Iowa AmeriCorps Land and Water Stewards program. 

Andy cites Ada Hayden, Siggurd Olson, and Aldo Leopold as his inspirations. His rural Iowa roots, ability to work with people, and passion for effecting change are a good fit for the Prairie on Farms Program. Andy says: "I envision an agricultural landscape where there is a balance between reverence for our land and making enough money to have successful and sustainable farms. The TPC is unique in its relationship to environmental stewardship because we make prairie compatible with work, whether in roadside ditches or prairie strips in farm fields."