Jason Olin is the Senior Government Affairs Manager for Criminal Justice at the Niskanen Center. He is responsible for advancing the center’s criminal justice policy agenda in Congress, the executive branch, and in state capitals throughout the United States.

Before joining the Niskanen Center, Olin was the director of government relations for the Major Cities Chiefs Association, for which he developed and implemented robust government affairs strategies to navigate some of the most pressing policy issues related to public safety and policing. He also served on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security for more than five years.

Olin graduated summa cum laude, with special honors, from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where he was a member of the University