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About Us
JFI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit applied research organization founded in 2014 by Bob Jain. Our mission is to address pressing social problems by identifying and implementing high-impact interventions that will translate to real world progress. JFI’s work sits at the intersection of economics, politics, information technology, finance, and culture to bring promising ideas from theory to practice. We are focused on building proofs of concept, pilots, and actionable knowledge.
Board
Strategy and Operations
Maurice Asare
Operations Lead
Alexander Jacobs
Chief Operating Officer
Editorial and Communications
Maya Adereth
Editorial Lead
Halah Ahmad
PR & Policy Communications Lead
Sanoja Bhaumik
Editorial Associate
Molly Dektar
Director of Editorial and Communications
Jack Gross
Research Writer and Editor
Research
Arden Ali
Lead Researcher on Digital Ethics and Governance
Sidhya Balakrishnan
Director of Research
Laura Beamer
Lead Researcher, Higher Education Finance
Marcella Cartledge
Research Associate
Jerome Hodges
Chief Research Officer
Paul Katz
VP of Special Projects
Stephen Nuñez
Lead Researcher on Guaranteed Income
Francis Tseng
Lead Independent Researcher
Research Fellows
Eduard (Eddie) Nilaj
Fellow, Higher Education Finance
Rachel Black
Fellow, Guaranteed Income
Jonathan Calenzani
Fellow
David Gray Grant
Senior Fellow, Digital Ethics & Governance
Johannes Haushofer
Senior Fellow, Guaranteed Income
Lily Hu
Fellow, Digital Ethics & Governance
Maximilian Kasy
Senior Fellow, Guaranteed Income
Greg Keenan
Fellow, Digital Ethics & Governance
Will McGrew
Fellow, Higher Education Finance
Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya
External Fellow in Collective Action
Melody Rowell
External Fellow, Strict Scrutiny podcast
Milo Phillips-Brown
Senior Fellow, Digital Ethics & Governance
Michael Pizzi
Fellow, Digital Ethics & Governance
Madhubala Pothula
Fellow, Guaranteed Income
Nikita Shepard
Fellow, Digital Ethics & Governance
Marshall Steinbaum
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Finance
Affiliate Researchers
Raphael E. Cuomo, PhD
Affiliate Researcher
Daniel Enemark, PhD
Affiliate Researcher
Brendan Florez
Affiliate Researcher
Georgia Kovacs, PhD
Affiliate Researcher
Josh Shapiro, PhD
Affiliate Researcher
Brooke Valle
Affiliate Researcher
Douglas A. Webber, PhD
Affiliate Researcher
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