Dawn Mattingly Olson

Born and raised in Northern California, Dawn has managed to live several lives in the time it takes most to read a novel or paint a room. As a young girl growing up in a large household, Dawn spent her days creating ‘menus’ for the café she fashioned in her parents’ kitchen. The storied dinner parties she hosted for family and friends included hand-written specials, several courses and live entertainment. Twenty years later and a brief stint with the military, she found herself working and performing in a legendary cirque show on San Francisco’s Embarcadero. A commitment to hospitality and human relations drew her to the city of Angels where she honed her emergent talents for making grand occasions out of the ordinary. Today, that innate passion for event curation has delivered her to Palm Springs, a place which allows her to continue imagining, entertaining and hosting guests from all walks of life.