Olivia Graham

Olivia Graham, from Toronto, Canada, is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at Stanford Graduate School of Business. She graduated with honors from Harvard College, with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, and a secondary field in mind, brain and behavior. Olivia cares deeply about connecting cutting-edge technologies to applications that matter for individuals, communities, and our planet. She will use her time at Stanford to develop an understanding of how to build durable businesses that advance the global good. At Google, she led AI for social good initiatives. In this capacity, she relocated to Ghana, presented to the United Nations, and worked with partners from the National Hurricane Center to the Gates Foundation. Key projects included sharing accurate, timely forecasts of the Indian monsoon with 38 million smallholder farmers and demonstrating the ability of AI to better forecast hurricanes.