June Business Meeting with Guest Speaker Bill Olson

This month's guest speaker is Bill Olson, Preident/CEO of the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair.  A native of Wisconsin, Bill moved to Ocala while in High School, after graduating he moved to Jacksonville to attend the University of North Florida where he received his Bachelors degree in 2004.  In May of 2015, he completed his Masters degree in Business Administration at the University of North Florida Coggin College of Business. 

In 2004, Bill started his career with the Greater Jacksonville Fair, achieving his Certified Fair Executive Distinction in 2013 and graduating from the IAFE Institute of Fair Management in November of 2015.  He served president of the Florida Federation of Fairs in 2019-2020 and took over as President/CEO of the Greater Jacksonville Fair January 1st of 2019.

Bill is married to Jacque, an audiologist at the V.A. in Jacksonville and they have a 12-year old daughter, Alyssa.