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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. At the intersection of economics, politics, information technology, finance, and culture, JFI brings promising ideas from theory to practice. A nonpartisan organization, JFI is focused on building proofs of concept, pilots, and actionable knowledge.
Board
Strategy and Operations
Alexander Jacobs
Chief Operating Officer
Editorial and Communications
Maya Adereth
Editorial Fellow
Halah Ahmad
VP, PR & Policy Communications
Sanoja Bhaumik
Editorial Associate
Molly Dektar
Director of Editorial and Communications
Jack Gross
Research Writer and Editor
Charles de la Cruz
Editorial Fellow, Public Relations and Communications
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
Leah Hamilton
Senior Fellow in Guaranteed Income
Johannes Haushofer
Senior Fellow, Guaranteed Income
Lily Hu
Fellow, Digital Ethics & Governance
Maximilian Kasy
Senior Fellow, Guaranteed Income
Greg Keenan
Fellow, Digital Ethics & Governance
Cristian Munoz
Fellow, Higher Education Finance
Nataliya Nedzhvetskaya
External Fellow in Collective Action
Milo Phillips-Brown
Senior Fellow, Digital Ethics & Governance
Madhubala Pothula
Fellow, Guaranteed Income
Sara Restrepo Tamayo
Quantitative Social Science Research Fellow
Melody Rowell
External Fellow, Strict Scrutiny podcast
Claudia Sahm
Senior Fellow, Guaranteed Income
Friederike Schuur
Fellow in AI Ethics and Digital 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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