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

Alexander Jacobs

Klea Kalia
Lead
EDITORIAL AND COMMUNICATIONS

Maya Adereth
Deputy Editor

Tim Barker
Contributing Editor

Sanoja Bhaumik
Managing Editor

Josue Chavez
Assistant Editor and Publishing Associate

Molly Dektar
Director

Andrew Elrod
Senior Editor

Emma Fajgenbaum
Senior Editor

Hugo Fanton
Associate Editor

Camilo Andrés Garzón
Associate Editor

Jack Gross
Research Writer and Editor

Tenaya Nasser-Frederick
Assistant Editor

Elham Saeidinezhad
Fellow, Market Structure

Maria Fernanda Sikorski
Senior Editor
RESEARCH

Arden Ali
Lead Researcher

Eduard Nilaj
Senior Research Associate

Francis Tseng
Lead Developer

Jack Landry
Lead Researcher

Jerome Hodges

Jonah Allen
Lead Researcher, Energy Transition Value Chains

Laura Beamer
Lead Researcher

Paul Katz
Senior VP

Roberta Costa
Research Manager

Sina Sinai
Senior Research Associate
RESEARCH FELLOWS

Adriel Araujo
Fellow

Ege Aksu
Fellow

Marcella Cartledge
Fellow

Yakov Feygin
Fellow

Sultana Fouzia
Research Fellow

Mikhael Gaster
Data Science Research Associate & Lead Developer, CAS

Leah Hamilton
Senior Fellow

Sérgio Pinto
Fellow

Shane Sethi
Research Fellow

Marshall Steinbaum
Senior Fellow
AFFILIATE AND EMERGING INITIATIVES

Lexin Cai
Fellow

Pauline Leung
Senior Fellow

Zhuan Pei
Senior Fellow
FELLOWS EMERITI

David Gray Grant
Senior Fellow Emeritus

Lily Hu
Senior Fellow Emeritus

Greg Keenan
Fellow Emeritus

Milo Phillips-Brown
Senior Fellow Emeritus

Théophile Pouget-Abadie
Fellow Emeritus

Friederike Schuur
Fellow Emeritus
OPEN POSITIONS
The Jain Family Institute has frequent openings for research fellowships. We share new opportunities in Sources, Phenomenal World’s weekly letter. If you feel an affinity for our work and have a strong background or interest in higher education finance, digital ethics, guaranteed income, or, more broadly, economics, policy, finance, and the social sciences, please contact us, even if there is no specific job listing active. Send your CV and a few paragraphs about your background and interest to us at opportunities@jainfamilyinstitute.org.
JFI fellowship funding is for the benefit of fellows and does not cover indirect or overhead costs, if any, at third party institutions.