Olivia Kugiya

Olivia supports clients with strategic communications, earned media efforts, research, and digital campaigns. She works with a variety of clients across sectors and subjects, including the environment, criminal justice reform, labor, and health care.

Prior to joining Kivvit, Olivia worked at Metropolitan Public Strategies supporting public affairs campaigns through digital strategy. She also interned on a congressional campaign and at the New York City Homelessness Prevention Administration, as well as working at the NYU Writing Center throughout college.

When she’s not at work, Olivia can be found playing violin in orchestras and bands across New York City.

Education

• B.A. in politics and music performance, New York University 

Honors

• Graduated summa cum laude
• Received the Ravi and Nalni Saligram Research Grant and the James Gordon Bennett Essay Prize for her undergraduate political science thesis on the relationship between municipal revenue reliance on fines, fees and forfeitures, and police violence