Megan O'Connell

Megan O’Connell is a public policy expert with experience across the early childhood, school and tertiary education sectors. She was Director of the Mitchell Institute from 2017-2018, and lead the Institute's focus on early learning and youth transitions.

Megan has a long history in developing research driven policy and effective programs targeted at young people who are likely to make a poor transition from school to further education and employment, and in providing evidence based approaches to addressing vulnerability in early childhood.