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Posted: June 2, 2023
IFMA Boston names new executive director - Olwell to start July 1st
Boston, MA The IFMA board of directors has selected the new-to-be executive director effective July 1st. They are pleased to welcome Geo Olwell to the team as your new executive director!
Olwell has spent the last eight years in the facilities services industry as a senior account executive at ECO Logic. She has been responsible for business development focusing on class A office space in the greater Boston/128 area.
Prior to joining ECO Logic, she spent more than 20 years managing consumer products such as the TheraTears brand of eye care products, New Skin Liquid Bandage and Cutex Nail Polish Remover.
A graduate of Wellesley College (B.A. Economics), Olwell has been an active member of the chapter since 2015. She has previously been the co-chair of the engagement committee and in 2018 was named the Exemplary Service Provider of the year.
When she’s not busy working with clients or networking with her peers Olwell likes to spend time biking or hiking in the Fellsway with her black lab, Chloe, and her partner Adam.
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