John Olson is Chief Financial Officer for Willard Agri-Service. He joined the Willard team in December 1991.

John graduated with a BS in Economics from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College), where he also played varsity basketball. He earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management with a concentration in finance and accounting.

John held a variety of corporate financial management positions prior to joining Willard. At Hallmark Cards based in Kansas City, MO, he was General Accounting Manager and then promoted to Manager of Financial Analysis. John then moved to Marriott Corporation headquarters in Bethesda, MD where he worked on the acquisition of Residence Inn and was Director of Operations Analysis.

John is an avid Civil War buff. He is a founding board member and past president of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. He is the author of The 21st Virginia Cavalry and a contributor to the Encyclopedia of the Confederacy.