Madeline Brancel

Madeline Brancel is a Senior Policy Manager at J-PAL, where she manages the Education sector and oversees the Learning for All Initiative. As a member of the Policy and Communications group, Madeline works with governments, NGOs, academics, and others to build partnerships and advance evidence-informed policymaking.

Prior to joining J-PAL, Madeline was a Senior Program Officer at World Education, where she advised on programs to improve outcomes in literacy and numeracy, gender and social inclusion, and economic empowerment across sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. 

Madeline holds an EdM in international education policy from Harvard's Graduate School of Education and a BA in global security studies and Portuguese from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.