Anne Olson

Anne Olson is President of Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP), an organization creating and stewarding parks, trails, and unique spaces along Houston’s historic waterway. Over the past 30 years, Anne and the BBP board have raised and leveraged over $400 million in private and public funds for the waterway’s transformation. During her tenure, she and her team have produced several award-winning master plans, and developed a comprehensive enhancement program that includes land acquisition, trail and park development, green space and waterway maintenance initiatives, public art, and programming.

Under Anne’s leadership, BBP has received numerous national, state and local awards including the American Society of Landscape Architects Award of Excellence and the Urban Land Institute Houston’s 2024 Inaugural Moonshot Award that honors “groundbreaking development ideas associated with transformational change.”