Olivia Bryan

Olivia Bryan is a Policy Associate at J-PAL Global, where she supports evidence-based policy in the Health and Gender sectors by synthesizing and communicating research findings from randomized evaluations. 

Prior to joining J-PAL in 2025, Olivia worked for the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Ways and Means, where she proposed public health, mental health, and disability services spending recommendations for the Massachusetts state operating budget. She also interned at J-PAL North America, supporting projects related to housing, education, and state and local government partnerships. In college, she received the 2021 Chancellor’s Research Scholarship for Social Sciences for her research on colonialism and present-day income inequality worldwide. 

Olivia graduated cum laude from the University of California, San Diego with a BA in economics and political science with a concentration in international relations.