about me

George-Ann Ryan is a public policy professional and entrepreneur with a focus on economic and political development, data science’s role in evidence-based public policy, economic and political inequalities, and building better business practices.

She is currently Chief Operations Officer at Ryan Group of Companies, working toward building and modernizing her family’s business legacy in Antigua and Barbuda.

Prior to this role, she has held numerous prestigious roles in nonprofits, economics, and policy. She was a founding executive member and Chief Financial Officer at The Sadie Collective — an organization dedicated to the representation and advancement of black women in economics— where headed fundraising and financial management. She also flexed her data science and organizational managed skills as a Summer Research Associate at The Hamilton Project at Brookings Institution and a Research and Administrative associate at the Economic Security Project (where she worked with Obama White House alums and key figures at Facebook and the Roosevelt Institute on policy to address economic inequities). An Economic Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 11th Annual Economic Scholars Program Conference, she presented original research on gentrification and its impact on local communities in Brooklyn, NY.

George-Ann has appeared in BBC World Service's World News Have Your Say, the World Banks International Finance Cooperation Insights Magazine, and the Mathematica On the Evidence Podcast. She has also written for publications such as the Antigua Observer, Tremr and The Financial Diet. 

She is an alumna of both Pace University, NYC and Columbia University | SIPA where she was awarded a B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude with a focus on quantitative research methods and French and a Masters of International Affairs (MIA) with a concentration in Economic and Political Development and specialization in Data Analytics and Quantitative Analysis respectively.