Rebecca Oleson of the law firm Cooper Cargill Chant has been elected to the New Hampshire Women's Bar Association (NHWBA) board of directors.  Oleson is an associate at the firm, practicing in the areas of real estate development, corporate law, business transactions, estate planning and environmental law.
The NHWBA, founded in 1998, promotes and supports the advancement and interests of women in the legal community.
Oleson will be the board contact for female attorneys throughout Coos and Carroll counties, and will host a networking event in the area. She serves on a sub-committee that will analyze the costs and benefits of forming a NHWBA Charitable Foundation, and will help determine what that foundation's role should be.
Oleson graduated cum laude from Vermont Law School and earned a Master of Studies in Environmental Law in 2007.