Kristine Olsson

Kristine Olsson

Trustee

Kris was elected to the Board of Trustees in November 2020 after serving as a planning commissioner for 23 years.  She grew up in Detroit and its suburbs, attended the University of Michigan, and has lived in Ann Arbor ever since, apart a couple of years.  She stuck around at UM long enough to get a B.S. and a couple of M.S.’s (Biology and Natural Resources). Since 1992, she has been a Watershed Ecologist at the Huron River Watershed Council, where she directs the Natural Areas Assessment and Protection, Change Makers, and Green Infrastructure Planning for Local Governments programs. She moved to the township in 1992 with her husband, Dave Moran, who runs the Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School.  She has two daughters and 3 dogs.

Kris believes local governments are on the front lines in protecting our natural resources and fighting climate change.  She hopes to work to ensure quality of life for township residents through smart development policies that preserve working lands, forests, wetlands, and waterways, as well as by promoting climate friendly development and clean energy.