Our Team
JFI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit applied research organization founded in 2014 by Bob Jain.
Our team of staff and fellows includes experts and academics from the fields of economics, data analysis, financial modeling, political economy, and policy, among others.
BOARD
STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS
Interim Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Alexander Jacobs
Strategy and Operations
Klea Kalia
Lead
EDITORIAL AND COMMUNICATIONS
Phenomenal World
Maya Adereth
Deputy Editor
Phenomenal World
Tim Barker
Contributing Editor
Phenomenal World
Sanoja Bhaumik
Senior Editor
Phenomenal World
Mario Campa
Contributing Editor
Editorial and Communications
Molly Dektar
Director
Phenomenal World
Oliver Eagleton
Managing Editor
Phenomenal World
Andrew Elrod
Senior Editor
Phenomenal World
Emma Fajgenbaum
Senior Editor
Phenomenal World
Hugo Fanton
Associate Editor
Phenomenal World
Camilo Andrés Garzón
Associate Editor
Phenomenal World
Jack Gross
Research Writer and Editor
Phenomenal World
Maria Fernanda Sikorski
Senior Editor
Phenomenal World
Pablo Uc
Associate Editor
RESEARCH
Special Projects
Francis Tseng
Lead Developer
Chief Research Officer
Jerome Hodges
Minerals for Development
Jonah Allen
Vice President & Lead Researcher
Financing the Energy Transition
Mikhael Gaster
Senior Research Associate & Director, CAS
Social Wealth
Paul Katz
Senior VP
Social Wealth and Financing the Energy Transition
Sina Sinai
Senior Research Associate
RESEARCH FELLOWS
Social Wealth
Adriel Araujo
Research Fellow
Higher Education Finance
Laura Beamer
Fellow
Empirical and Field Research
Marcella Cartledge
Research Fellow
Financing the Energy Transition
Madeline Craig-Scheckman
Fellow
Higher Education Finance
Sultana Fouzia
Fellow
Higher Education Finance
Eduard Nilaj
Fellow
Higher Education Finance
Sérgio Pinto
Fellow
Financing the Energy Transition
Shane Sethi
Research Fellow
Higher Education Finance
Marshall Steinbaum
Senior Fellow
Social Wealth
Fernando Teixeira
Senior Fellow
FELLOWS EMERITI
Digital Ethics and Governance
Arden Ali
Fellow
Digital Ethics and Governance
David Gray Grant
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Digital Ethics and Governance
Lily Hu
Senior Fellow Emeritus
Digital Ethics and Governance
Greg Keenan
Fellow Emeritus
Digital Ethics and Governance
Milo Phillips-Brown
Senior Fellow Emeritus
AI for the Public Good
Friederike Schuur
Fellow Emeritus