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Sophie Bryan serves as Capstone Advisor at the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government and concurrently holds the position of Chief Policy Officer for Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, leading the Mayor's Office of Policy Planning and Delivery (OPPD) to implement high-priority initiatives focused on safety, sustainability, and economic equity.
Her educational foundation includes a BA in History and Science (with honors) from Harvard College and a JD from Harvard Law School, grounding her interdisciplinary approach to urban challenges.
Professional expertise spans Public Policy, Urban Governance, and Government Reform, with demonstrated work in cross-sector collaboration between municipal government, nonprofits, and health systems to address tangled titles, neighborhood revitalization, and evidence-based policy design through randomized controlled trials.
Key career milestones include inaugural project director at Pew's Philadelphia Research and Policy Initiative, executive director of Philadelphia VIP (pro bono legal services), program director for Reinvestment Fund's Invest Health initiative, chief external relations officer for the School District of Philadelphia, and chief of staff to City Councilman Bill Green specializing in tax policy and ethics reform.
Her five-year tenure as adjunct professor at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law involved teaching upper-level legal writing, bridging academic theory with practical policy implementation.
