Policy Innovation Lab
The Policy Innovation Lab offers students educational and hands-on experiences that develop the skills and understanding necessary to create policy that serves and responds to the needs of communities.
Our Vision, Mission, and Values
We envision a world where every person’s needs are met and each individual has equal opportunity to learn, grow, and lead a fulfilling life.
Our Work
We are working to advance social and economic justice through a racial equity lens. In that work we center our values of respect for communities, integrity, humility, and innovation.
Our Partners
The Policy Innovation Lab is accountable to multiple partners in Wards 7 and 8 and throughout the city.
Policy Innovation Lab News
Black lives matter. Together with Georgetown University, the Policy Innovation Lab at the university’s McCourt School of Public Policy is grieving the murders of George Floyd,…
This academic year, the Policy Innovation Lab researched and collaborated with partners on human-centered policy solutions to address systemic inequity, particularly racial inequity, and support vulnerable communities disproportionately impacted by…
Our Team
Mackenzie Loy is co-director of the Policy Innovation Lab
Margaret O’Bryon is the Executive Director of the Policy Innovation Lab and an Assistant Research Professor at the McCourt School
Ravneet Kaur is co-director of the Policy Innovation Lab