Jesse O’Connell is a former strategy director for federal policy at Lumina Foundation. He led the development and advancement of the foundation’s federal policy priorities to increase the share of adults nationally with college degrees, certificates, or other credentials of value.
Before joining Lumina, O’Connell served as the assistant director for federal relations at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. He began his career as a financial aid administrator at Georgetown University.
O’Connell has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Georgetown, where he was an All-American track and field athlete.
