Carol works on the Olympia Harbor Days Festival and Tugboat Races (OHD), a 3 day event that attracts over 55K to the waterfront of Olympia. She started with the festival in 2016. The well known, and well loved, Olympia festival covers 7 blocks, has 3 stages, 2 food areas, 3 docks hosting 30 to 40 tugboats and historic ships, multiple demonstration locations, and 200 arts & crafts, commercial and non-profit booth spaces and of course host the World’s Largest Vintage Tugboat Races annually. OHD is a non-profit event presented free to the community by the Olympia Kiwanis Club. Carol works on the festival alone, with volunteer help from members of the club. Carol is no stranger to organizing events. She was owner of Reunions Unlimited, a professional reunion planning company, and organized over 750 events in 20 years – 1995 - 2015. She started her working career in the fashion industry in NYC as a fashion buyer for Macy’s and merchandiser in women’s apparel in the late 70’s and 80’s. She then worked with professional art groups in PA as a grant writer, and later developed the Olympia Hands On Children’s Museum gift shop.