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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

Bob Jain
Founder, Chairman

Carola Jain
Trustee

Michael Stynes
Trustee and Chief Executive Officer

Strategy and Operations

Maurice Asare
Operations Associate

Alexander Jacobs
Chief Operations Officer

Alanna Rae Olken
Director

Editorial and Communications

Maya Adereth
Editorial Lead

Halah Ahmad
PR Lead

Molly Dektar
Director of Editorial and Communications

Jack Gross
Editor, Phenomenal World

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

Eduard (Eddie) Nilaj
Fellow, Higher Education Finance

Stephen Nuñez
Lead Researcher on Guaranteed Income

Francis Tseng
Lead Independent Researcher

Rachel Black
Fellow, Guaranteed Income

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

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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