Danielle Olson

Business Advisor

danielle@livelihoodnw.org

Danielle (Dani) joined Livelihood NW driven by a lifelong passion for supporting entrepreneurs. A business advisor specializing in startup and mission development, as well as marketing strategy, Dani is dedicated to mentoring and creating visually accessible communication.

Starting as a graphic designer building brands and websites for small businesses, she expanded her horizons beyond visual design by attending Pacific Northwest College of Art’s MFA in Collaborative Design program in 2011, discovering the potential of social entrepreneurship for local impact. Over the last decade, Dani has supported social entrepreneurship as a visual strategy consultant and nonprofit professional, actively contributing to initiatives for statewide local investing, rural entrepreneurship, and a Native entrepreneurship program. Danielle also taught entrepreneurship in the Design Systems graduate program as a professor at Willamette University.

In Danielle’s free time, she loves camping, hiking, soaking in hot springs, karaoke, reading psychology books, and watching sci-fi shows. One day she hopes to achieve circular breathing on her didgeridoo.