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The current Executive Management Team is led by Ms. Margo Olson, Executive Director.

 Margo Olson,  Co-founder and Executive Director of RVR. She is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) as designated by the American Compensation Association.


         She manages RVR’s personnel program, supervises benefits administration, staff training, and management information. Margo manages the procurement process and negotiates service contracts with professional providers. She has planned and coordinated regional and statewide conferences. She is knowledgeable of federal laws and regulations governing workforce-related programs and consistently, on a daily basis, is the major RVR problem-solver and decision-maker.


        Margo holds a B.A. from Indiana State University and an M.S. in Consumer Economics, also from ISU.

        Unlike leadership approaches with a top-down hierarchical style, Margo firmly believes in servant leadership, which instead emphasizes collaboration, trust, empathy, and the ethical use of power. At heart, the individual is a servant first, making the conscious decision to lead in order to better serve others, not to increase their own power. The objective is to enhance the growth of individuals in the organization and increase teamwork and personal involvement.

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 R. Mark Smith,  Controller, joined RVR in 2000. He studied finance and accounting at Indiana University/Purdue University and has significant financial services experience in both the public and private sectors.

         Mark also serves as Regional Supervisor of RVR’s Child Care Development Fund program.

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 Helen Johnson,  Director of Client Services, is a longtime member of the RVR Management Team, having been Director of Operations and Director of IMPACT and Youth Services.

        She previously was employed for many years by the state agency now known as the Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development.

         Helen is certified as a Global Career Development Facilitator.

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 Molly Dodge,  Director of External Affairs, has been employed by RVR since 2007.

         She was previously Director of External Relations for the Rivers Institute at Hanover College and a consultant for Woodburn, Kyle & Company.

         Molly has a B.A. from Hanover College, an M.A. in Philanthropic Studies and a Master of Public Administration, Nonprofit Management Concentration, from Indiana University-Purdue University.

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 Mike Bishop,  Director of information Technology, has been employed by RVR since 1995.

         He holds bachelor’s degrees in both Computer Science and Municipal Police Administration.

         Mike has over 30 years experience in computer repair, programming, local area networking, and systems analysis.

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