• Director of Education Policy
• ogardner@aradvocates.org

Olivia Gardner joined AACF as Director of Education Policy in June 2021. Previously she served as a Policy Analyst for Plurus Strategies, a government relations firm in Washington D.C, where she focused on health and infrastructure policy. She also previously worked for the Association of American Medical Colleges, where she began her work on higher education issues. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Government from George Mason University, and she is a student in the Executive Master’s in Public Service program at the Clinton School of Public Service. Olivia is a native of Little Rock, where she currently lives with her dog.