Kathie Olsen

KLO International

Dr. Olsen earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at UC-Irvine and did Postdoctoral research at Harvard-Children’s Hospital before becoming an Asst. Professor at SUNY-Stony Brook. She served over 20 years in the federal government in variety scientific leadership positions beginning as program officer at NSF, and then moved to a Senator’s Office who was a member of the Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committees. She returned to NSF and led the Science and Technology Prog. and then was NASA Chief Scientist and Acting Assoc. Administrator for Biol. & Physical Res. Enterprise where she led budget planning and oversaw the development of research initiatives.  In 2002 she was Senate confirmed as Associate & Deputy Director for Science for OSTP and in 2005, confirmed as NSF’s Deputy Director. She is now Founder of KLO International, LLC, a consulting firm in Virginia