Background
Arnold-Olson, Helen B. was born on September 22, 1948 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Duane Arnold Senior and Henrietta Dows.
Arnold-Olson, Helen B. was born on September 22, 1948 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Duane Arnold Senior and Henrietta Dows.
Bachelor in Music cum laude, Cornell College, 1970.
Office manager Irving R. Zimmerman Company, Chicago, 1973-1975. Loan officer commercial and residential Banco Mortgage Company, 1975-1977, 79-82. Assistant vice president, manager, mortgage lending Olympic Savings & Loan Association, Berwyn, 1977-1979.
Underwriter, consultant Federal Housing Administration, Chicago, 1976-1983. Co-owner, president and executive chef Hawkeye Nut Company, Cedar Rapids, 1983-1987. President Dows Farms, Inc., 1987-1996.
Director development Young Women’s Christian Association of Cedar Rapids and Linn County, 1996—2000. President Green Light, LLC, Arnold-Olson Associates, Hel's Kitchen, since 2000. Nonprofit consultant.
Board directors The Dows Companies, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids Airport Commission.
Board directors, co-chair capital campaign endorsement The History Center, Cedar Rapids, since 1996. Vice president, board directors Friends of the Zoo, Cedar Rapids, since 1997. Board directors Kingston Hill Home for Aged Women, Cedar Rapids, since 1998.
Member American Association of University Women, Association Fund Raising Professionals, Iowa Women's Foundation, Variety Club of Iowa (board directors, past chair, Sunshine award 1999), Rotary.
Married Edward R. Krieger Junior, May 23, 1970 (divorced August 1974). Married Reuben I. Olson, July 2, 1982. 1 child Andrew R. Olson.