Dain Olsen is a national leader and specialist in media arts education with more than thirty-five years of experience as a teacher, administrator, and program developer. He is currently president, CEO, and co-founder of the National Association for Media Arts Education, and has authored a book on the subject for Routledge Press. Olsen led the establishment of media arts in Los Angeles Unified School District and the development of National Media Arts Standards, now adopted in thirty-nine states. He has served as a consultant and presenter for numerous state conferences and for organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the College Board, and the National Association for Media Literacy Education. Olsen has also taught at Otis College and the University of California, Los Angeles, and is an intermedia artist in video, sound, interactive, and multimedia theater.